Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Eatonville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053073200 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,653 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Eatonville
53053073200 is a census tract in Eatonville, WA. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,653 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,435
Renter share27.5%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$96,168
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eatonville and the region
Centroid at 46.8390, -122.1303 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eatonville scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eatonville
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eatonville
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eatonville
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eatonville
6.1
How Eatonville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 107Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 28Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×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 Eatonville
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 107 filings here across 11 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,116, 14% above the Eatonville average.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 2.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $96,168, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073200?
Census tract 53053073200 in Eatonville scores 4.4/10 (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 53053073200?
Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073200?
7.8% of residents in tract 53053073200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,653.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 50th, minority 33th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 107 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.91% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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 53053073200 compare to Eatonville overall?
Tract 53053073200 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Eatonville at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eatonville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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