Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
University District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Spokane
Tract 53063001800 · Spokane County, WA · pop 2,989 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 53063001800 in the University District area of Spokane, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,361
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$39,263
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spokane and the region
Centroid at 47.6792, -117.3847 · click any tract to drill in
Why University District scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$878 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 University District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 39%Grade C
- 55%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 80Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2016)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University District
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $878 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Spokane commands.
It sits 1.6 points above the Spokane County average of 5.7. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Spokane County average of 45.2%.
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 80 filings here across 3 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53063001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063001800?
Census tract 53063001800 in the University District 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 53063001800?
Median gross rent is $878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53063001800?
24.2% of residents in tract 53063001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,989.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53063001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 87th, minority 33th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 53063001800 considered part of University District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063001800 fall within University District (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063001800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 80 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.30% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53063001800 compare to Spokane overall?
Tract 53063001800 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 53063001800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 55% 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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