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Comstock Eviction Risk: Elevated , Spokane

Tract 53063004400 · Spokane County, WA · pop 5,053 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 53063004400 sits in Comstock in Spokane eviction risk, Washington eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,382 a month while the average household earns $71,584 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 17% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,190
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$71,584

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Comstock
Moderate
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 66 tracts In Spokane
Moderate
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#49 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#294 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane and the region

Centroid at 47.6210, -117.3933 · click any tract to drill in

Why Comstock scores 6.1

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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,382 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Comstock compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Comstock risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 004400Spokane: 6.76.7Spokaneparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 18Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 0.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.9%Peak (2014)
  • 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530630044002014: 7 filings (0.92/100 renter HHs)2015: 5 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2016: 6 filings (0.94/100 renter HHs)
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Comstock

The heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Spokane County average of 5.1 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 18 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.9% of renter households in 2014.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53063004400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063004400?

Census tract 53063004400 in the Comstock neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 53063004400?

Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063004400?

11.7% of residents in tract 53063004400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,053.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063004400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 47th, minority 20th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 53063004400 considered part of Comstock?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063004400 fall within Comstock (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063004400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063004400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.84% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53063004400 compare to Spokane overall?

Tract 53063004400 scores 6.1/10, 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 53063004400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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