Richland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53005010600 · Benton County, WA · pop 4,885
Here is how census tract 53005010600, in Richland eviction risk in Benton County, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,885. On the national scale it ranks #50,117 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,266 monthly, set against $62,899 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Richland and the region
Centroid at 46.2600, -119.2649 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richland scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Richland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
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)
- 14Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2004)
- 14Filings in 2004 (latest validated)
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What drives eviction risk in Richland
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Richland 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 Benton County average of 5.0 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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Highest-risk tracts in Richland
Top eight tracts in Richland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.