Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Puyallup Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53053073407 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,505
Census tract 53053073407 covers part of Puyallup, WA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,530
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$87,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Puyallup and the region
Centroid at 47.1984, -122.2977 · click any tract to drill in
Why Puyallup scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Puyallup
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,687 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Puyallup
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Puyallup
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Puyallup
5.1
How Puyallup compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 166Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2013)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 120% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Puyallup
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
Court records carry 166 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 3.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. It tracks the Pierce County average of 5.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,687, close to the Puyallup average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $87,722. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073407?
Census tract 53053073407 in Puyallup scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 53053073407?
Median gross rent is $1,687/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073407?
7.5% of residents in tract 53053073407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,505.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 45th, minority 26th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073407 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053073407 compare to Puyallup overall?
Tract 53053073407 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Puyallup at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Puyallup eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Puyallup
Top eight tracts in Puyallup ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Manorwood North III
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Parkwood
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
La Grand Station
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53053073408
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Deer Creek
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Larkspur
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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Crystal Ridge
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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