Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Twin Lakes Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053940008 · Pierce County, WA · pop 7,387 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
53053940008 is a census tract in the Twin Lakes area of Tacoma, WA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,387 residents. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,541
Renter share40.6%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$106,013
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2940, -122.3955 · click any tract to drill in
Why Twin Lakes scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tacoma
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,107 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tacoma
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
How Twin Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 273Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2009)
- 31Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 72% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 157Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Twin Lakes
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $2,107, 26% above the Tacoma average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
Court records carry 273 eviction filings across 11 observed years. It sits 0.9 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 4.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $106,013.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053940008
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053940008?
Census tract 53053940008 in the Twin Lakes neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 53053940008?
Median gross rent is $2,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053940008?
7.2% of residents in tract 53053940008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,387.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053940008?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 50th, minority 69th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 53053940008 considered part of Twin Lakes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053940008 fall within Twin Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053940008?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 273 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053940008 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.11% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053940008 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053940008 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053940008 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Tacoma at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tacoma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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