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Hillyard Eviction Risk: Elevated , Spokane

Tract 53063001600 · Spokane County, WA · pop 3,413 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 53063001600 sits in the Hillyard area of Spokane eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 22% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,447
Renter share49.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$48,424

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Hillyard
Elevated
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 66 tracts In Spokane
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#348 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane and the region

Centroid at 47.6924, -117.3711 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillyard scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spokane
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spokane
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spokane
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spokane
5.5

How Hillyard compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillyard risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0016005.9Spokaneparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 83Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 3.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2014)
  • 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53063001600
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hillyard. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hillyard

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 45.2% across Spokane County.

The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.6 points above the Spokane County average of 5.7. Average gross rent is $935, 23% below the Spokane average.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 83 filings here across 3 tracked years.

On the high side, economic stress reads 6.9/10. Filings peaked in 2014 at 4.6% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Spokane. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53063001600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063001600?

Census tract 53063001600 in the Hillyard neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 53063001600?

Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063001600?

27.7% of residents in tract 53063001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,413.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 96th, minority 47th, housing 56th.
Q5

Is tract 53063001600 considered part of Hillyard?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063001600 fall within Hillyard (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063001600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.97% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53063001600 compare to Spokane overall?

Tract 53063001600 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Spokane at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spokane eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 53063001600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 36% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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