Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Vinegar Flats Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spokane
Tract 53063004200 · Spokane County, WA · pop 4,980 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 53063004200 in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,980 residents. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 12% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,245 a month against an average household income of $112,234 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,018
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$112,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spokane and the region
Centroid at 47.6342, -117.4189 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vinegar Flats scores 4.8
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,245 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Vinegar Flats compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 53%Grade A
- 29%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 6Total filings over 3 yrs
- 0.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vinegar Flats
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. 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 Spokane eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Spokane County average of 5.1 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 0.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.0% of renter households in 2015.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 53063004200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063004200?
Census tract 53063004200 in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 53063004200?
Median gross rent is $1,245/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53063004200?
4.2% of residents in tract 53063004200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,980.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53063004200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 40th, minority 26th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 53063004200 considered part of Vinegar Flats?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063004200 fall within Vinegar Flats (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063004200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063004200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.65% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53063004200 compare to Spokane overall?
Tract 53063004200 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Spokane at 6.7/10. 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 53063004200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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