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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Selah Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 53077003100 · Yakima County, WA · pop 5,435 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Selah

Census tract 53077003100 covers part of Selah, WA, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,435. Cost burden runs 15% here against 38.4% across Yakima County.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 16% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,086
Renter share19.3%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$81,782

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Selah
Very Low
Within county
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#41 of 57 tracts In Yakima County
Low
Within state
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#1,212 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Selah and the region

Centroid at 46.7048, -120.5844 · click any tract to drill in

Why Selah scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Selah
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Selah
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Selah
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Selah
5.7

How Selah compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Selah risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 003100Selah: 5.95.9Selahparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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)

  • 4Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.81%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak (2015)
  • 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Selah

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. At $1,114 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Selah commands.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.7/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 1 tracked years. Against the Yakima County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 0.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $81,782, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53077003100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53077003100?

Census tract 53077003100 in Selah scores 4.9/10 (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 53077003100?

Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53077003100?

8.6% of residents in tract 53077003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,435.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53077003100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 73th, minority 35th, housing 53th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53077003100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53077003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.81% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53077003100 compare to Selah overall?

Tract 53077003100 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Selah at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Selah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Selah

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

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