Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Rivergrove Eviction Risk: Lower , Sumner
Tract 53053073302 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,893 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 53053073302 covers Rivergrove in Sumner in Washington. Home to 4,893 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,064 monthly, set against $105,220 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,979
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$105,220
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sumner and the region
Centroid at 47.1973, -122.2372 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rivergrove scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sumner
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,064 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sumner
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sumner
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sumner
4.3
How Rivergrove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 59Total filings over 11 yrs
- 0.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2015)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 43% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 51Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rivergrove
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Sumner, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.61x 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 53053073302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073302?
Census tract 53053073302 in the Rivergrove neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 53053073302?
Median gross rent is $2,064/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073302?
5.0% of residents in tract 53053073302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 43th, minority 34th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 53053073302 considered part of Rivergrove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053073302 fall within Rivergrove (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.88% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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.
Q8
How does tract 53053073302 compare to Sumner overall?
Tract 53053073302 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Sumner at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sumner; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sumner
Top eight tracts in Sumner ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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