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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Opportunity Eviction Risk: Elevated , Spokane Valley

Tract 53063012600 · Spokane County, WA · pop 4,451 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 53063012600 covers part of the Opportunity area of Spokane Valley, WA, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,451. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 16% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$65,921

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Opportunity
Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 27 tracts In Spokane Valley
Elevated
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#673 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane Valley and the region

Centroid at 47.6497, -117.2506 · click any tract to drill in

Why Opportunity scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spokane Valley
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$975 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spokane Valley
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spokane Valley
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spokane Valley
6.3

How Opportunity compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Opportunity risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.5This tracttract 0126006.1Spokane Valleyparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

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)

  • 51Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 2.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53063012600
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Opportunity. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Opportunity

Cost burden runs 56% here against 45.2% across Spokane County. Average gross rent is $975, 28% below the Spokane Valley average. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.

Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 51 evictions over 3 years of observation.

It sits 0.8 points above the Spokane County average of 5.7. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 3/10.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $65,921, annual rent is just 18%.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53063012600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063012600?

Census tract 53063012600 in the Opportunity neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 53063012600?

Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063012600?

12.8% of residents in tract 53063012600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,451.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063012600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 70th, minority 29th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 53063012600 considered part of Opportunity?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063012600 fall within Opportunity (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063012600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063012600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.72% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53063012600 compare to Spokane Valley overall?

Tract 53063012600 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Spokane Valley at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spokane Valley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Spokane Valley

Top eight tracts in Spokane Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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