Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Meridian Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Hill
Tract 53053073126 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,746 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 53053073126 sits in the Meridian Terrace area of South Hill eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It is home to 4,746 residents. about one in five of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Pierce County average of 47.5%.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,232
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$113,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Hill and the region
Centroid at 47.0907, -122.3015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meridian Terrace scores 5.3
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
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,686 rent vs county FMR
8.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Hill
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Hill
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Hill
5.1
How Meridian Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 57Total filings over 9 yrs
- 24.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 93.0%Peak (2008)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 20Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.97×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 voucher gap is 30.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.1/10.
Average gross rent is $2,686, 29% above the South Hill average. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 57 evictions over 9 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2008 at 93.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 24.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% 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 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Pierce County average of 5.7 closely.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $113,143.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073126
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073126?
Census tract 53053073126 in the Meridian Terrace neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 53053073126?
Median gross rent is $2,686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073126?
13.9% of residents in tract 53053073126 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,746.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073126?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 88th, minority 72th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 53053073126 considered part of Meridian Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053073126 fall within Meridian Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073126?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53053073126 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.61% of renter households, peaking at 93.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073126 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× 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 53053073126 compare to South Hill overall?
Tract 53053073126 scores 5.3/10, right in line with the parent city of South Hill at 5.2/10. 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.
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