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Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Kapowsin Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 53053073119 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,062 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Kapowsin

Tract 53053073119 sits in Kapowsin, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. It is home to 3,062 residents. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 0% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share5.4%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$100,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Kapowsin
Moderate
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#174 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Very Low
Within state
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#1,649 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very Low
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,558 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kapowsin and the region

Centroid at 46.9720, -122.2138 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kapowsin scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kapowsin
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,551 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kapowsin
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kapowsin
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kapowsin
3.7

How Kapowsin compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kapowsin risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0731193.4Kapowsinparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 56Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 3.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.2%Peak (2014)
  • 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53053073119
Filings dropped 67% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 17Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×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

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kapowsin

100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Pierce County average of 47.5%. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.4 points.

Pulling hardest the other way is tenant-organizing strength at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 56 evictions over 11 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 9.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.6 points cooler.

Average gross rent is $1,551, close to the Kapowsin average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $100,000.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53053073119

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073119?

Census tract 53053073119 in Kapowsin scores 3.3/10 (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 53053073119?

Median gross rent is $1,551/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073119?

8.2% of residents in tract 53053073119 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,062.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073119?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 71th, minority 34th, housing 68th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073119?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073119 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.21% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 53053073119 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 53053073119 compare to Kapowsin overall?

Tract 53053073119 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Kapowsin at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kapowsin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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