Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Southgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spokane
Tract 53063004800 · Spokane County, WA · pop 4,548 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Here is how census tract 53063004800, in Southgate in Spokane eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,548. On the national scale it ranks #53,186 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,382 a month while the average household earns $64,274 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,140
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$64,274
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spokane and the region
Centroid at 47.6131, -117.3563 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southgate scores 5.8
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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
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 Southgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 15%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)
- 27Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2015)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southgate. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southgate
The score leans hardest on 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 safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% of renter households in 2015.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53063004800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063004800?
Census tract 53063004800 in the Southgate neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 53063004800?
Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53063004800?
5.1% of residents in tract 53063004800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,548.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53063004800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 92th, minority 24th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 53063004800 considered part of Southgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063004800 fall within Southgate (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063004800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063004800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.15% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53063004800 compare to Spokane overall?
Tract 53063004800 scores 5.8/10, 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 53063004800 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. 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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