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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Davis Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kelso

Tract 53015001200 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 4,416 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 53015001200 sits in the Davis Terrace area of Kelso, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Cost burden runs 61% here against 40.6% across Cowlitz County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 9% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,845
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$81,302

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Davis Terrace
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Kelso
Very Low
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#18 of 30 tracts In Cowlitz County
Moderate
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#1,157 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kelso and the region

Centroid at 46.1286, -122.8729 · click any tract to drill in

Why Davis Terrace scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kelso
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,366 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kelso
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kelso
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kelso
7.7

How Davis Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Davis Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0012006.2Kelsoparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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)

  • 57Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 1.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.0%Peak (2004)
  • 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53015001200
Filings dropped 67% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Davis Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Davis Terrace

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 filings here across 11 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,366, 12% above the Kelso average.

The worst year on record was 2004, when 3.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 24% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53015001200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53015001200?

Census tract 53015001200 in the Davis Terrace neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 53015001200?

Median gross rent is $1,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53015001200?

3.9% of residents in tract 53015001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,416.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53015001200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 57th, minority 29th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 53015001200 considered part of Davis Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53015001200 fall within Davis Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53015001200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53015001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.24% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53015001200 compare to Kelso overall?

Tract 53015001200 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Kelso at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kelso; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kelso

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

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