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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Woodbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lewis

Tract 53053072907 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,591 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

53053072907 is a census tract in the Woodbrook area of Fort Lewis, WA. It scores 7.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,591. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62% Stable renters 37% Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units1,283
Renter share99.2%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$60,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Woodbrook
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Fort Lewis
Very Low
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#53 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#418 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Lewis and the region

Centroid at 47.1061, -122.5399 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodbrook scores 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fort Lewis
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$2,224 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lewis
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lewis
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lewis
8.3

How Woodbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 0729075.8Fort Lewisparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 0Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Within Woodbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodbrook

This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $60,188, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $2,224, close to the Fort Lewis average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053072907

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072907?

Census tract 53053072907 in the Woodbrook neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 53053072907?

Median gross rent is $2,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072907?

16.7% of residents in tract 53053072907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,591.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072907?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 23th, minority 70th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 53053072907 considered part of Woodbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053072907 fall within Woodbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53053072907 compare to Fort Lewis overall?

Tract 53053072907 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Lewis at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Lewis; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Lewis

Top eight tracts in Fort Lewis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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