Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Kalama Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 53015001602 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 2,735 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Kalama

Tract 53015001602 covers Kalama in Washington. Home to 2,735 residents, it scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $138,525 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 6% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units1,010

Renter share5.6%

SVI overall0.20

Poverty rate5.0%

Median income$138,525

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kalama and the region

Centroid at 46.0211, -122.7530 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kalama scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Kalama

4.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.1

State political climate

Washington legislature & governorship

6.0

Economic stress

5.0% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kalama

3.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kalama

7.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kalama

4.4

How Kalama compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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

29%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
12%Racial/ethnic minority
11%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kalama

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Kalama, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Cowlitz County average of 5.3 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 53015001602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53015001602?

Census tract 53015001602 in Kalama scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53015001602?

5.0% of residents in tract 53015001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,735.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53015001602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 58th, minority 12th, housing 11th.

How does tract 53015001602 compare to Kalama overall?

Tract 53015001602 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Kalama at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kalama; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kalama

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