Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Meridian Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , South Hill
Tract 53053073124 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,042 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
How risky is the Meridian Terrace neighborhood of South Hill for landlords? Census tract 53053073124 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 48% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
64% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,052 a month against an average household income of $116,138 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,645
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$116,138
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Hill and the region
Centroid at 47.0645, -122.3041 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meridian Terrace scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Hill
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
$2,052 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Hill
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Hill
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Hill
4.0
How Meridian Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 60Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2008)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meridian Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meridian Terrace
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 5.9/10. 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 South Hill eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.95x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073124
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073124?
Census tract 53053073124 in the Meridian Terrace neighborhood 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 53053073124?
Median gross rent is $2,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073124?
8.2% of residents in tract 53053073124 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,042.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073124?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 60th, minority 49th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 53053073124 considered part of Meridian Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053073124 fall within Meridian Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073124?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073124 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.70% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073124 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053073124 compare to South Hill overall?
Tract 53053073124 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of South Hill at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Hill
Top eight tracts in South Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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