Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
South Creek Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073005 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,765 · 46% of tract blocks fall in South Creek
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 53053073005 in South Creek, WA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,765. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,828
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$117,742
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Creek and the region
Centroid at 46.9714, -122.3918 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Creek scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Creek
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$929 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Creek
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Creek
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Creek
3.7
How South Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 113Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2004)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 16Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×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 South Creek
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.0 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 filings here across 11 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 10.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 15% 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.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 9% of average household income of $117,742, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler. Average gross rent is $929, close to the South Creek average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073005
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073005?
Census tract 53053073005 in South Creek scores 3.7/10 (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 53053073005?
Median gross rent is $929/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073005?
7.4% of residents in tract 53053073005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,765.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073005?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 32th, minority 27th, housing 54th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073005?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073005 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.20% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073005 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 53053073005 compare to South Creek overall?
Tract 53053073005 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of South Creek at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Creek; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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