Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Selah Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53077003200 · Yakima County, WA · pop 6,970 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Selah
Census tract 53077003200 covers part of Selah, WA, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,883
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$76,856
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Selah and the region
Centroid at 46.6468, -120.5410 · click any tract to drill in
Why Selah scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,547 rent vs county FMR
6.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Selah
13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.7/10.
The voucher gap is 15.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions over 1 years of observation.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 3.1/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 0.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. 41% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Yakima County average of 5.7 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,547, close to the Selah average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $76,856.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53077003200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53077003200?
Census tract 53077003200 in Selah scores 5.4/10 (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 53077003200?
Median gross rent is $1,547/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53077003200?
12.3% of residents in tract 53077003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,970.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53077003200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 61th, minority 59th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53077003200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53077003200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53077003200 compare to Selah overall?
Tract 53077003200 scores 5.4/10, 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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