Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Elk Plain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073115 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,525
Census tract 53053073115 covers part of Elk Plain, WA, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,525 residents. 25% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Pierce County average of 47.5%.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,607
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$114,612
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elk Plain and the region
Centroid at 47.0394, -122.3484 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elk Plain scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elk Plain
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,051 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elk Plain
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elk Plain
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elk Plain
3.8
How Elk Plain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 82Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2006)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 14Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 Elk Plain
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.3 points. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 82 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 8.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $2,051, close to the Elk Plain average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $114,612.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073115
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073115?
Census tract 53053073115 in Elk Plain scores 3.4/10 (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 53053073115?
Median gross rent is $2,051/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073115?
5.5% of residents in tract 53053073115 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,525.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073115?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 14th, minority 42th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073115?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073115 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.00% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073115 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 53053073115 compare to Elk Plain overall?
Tract 53053073115 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Elk Plain at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elk Plain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elk Plain
Top eight tracts in Elk Plain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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