Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Home Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053072602 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,929 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Home
Census tract 53053072602 covers part of Home, WA, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. 73% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,534
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$92,222
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Home and the region
Centroid at 47.3100, -122.7642 · click any tract to drill in
Why Home scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Home
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,266 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Home
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Home
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Home
4.3
How Home compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 8Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2008)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 11Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.38×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Home
Cost burden runs roughly three in four here against 47.5% across Pierce County. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10. It sits 1.9 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
Court records carry 8 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2008 at 1.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Against average income of $92,222, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.
Average gross rent is $1,266, close to the Home average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072602?
Census tract 53053072602 in Home scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 53053072602?
Median gross rent is $1,266/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072602?
7.5% of residents in tract 53053072602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,929.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 42th, minority 29th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 53053072602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.62% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.38× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053072602 compare to Home overall?
Tract 53053072602 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Home at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Home; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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