Longview Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53015000501 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 3,573
In Longview, census tract 53015000501 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 73rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,579 monthly, set against $52,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Longview and the region
Centroid at 46.1279, -122.9523 · click any tract to drill in
Why Longview scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Longview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 90Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2014)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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What drives eviction risk in Longview
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Longview eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cowlitz County average of 5.3 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 90 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 53015000501
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Highest-risk tracts in Longview
Top eight tracts in Longview ranked by composite eviction-risk score.