Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Kapowsin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073119 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,062 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Kapowsin
Here is how census tract 53053073119, in Kapowsin in Pierce County, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,062. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 100% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,551 monthly, set against $100,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
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 county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
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 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 56Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2014)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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
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
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kapowsin, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Pierce County average of 5.5 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 56 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 3.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.2% of renter households in 2014.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.59x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073119
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073119?
Census tract 53053073119 in Kapowsin scores 2.5/10 (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 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Kapowsin at 6.7/10. 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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