Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Puyallup Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073407 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,505
Tract 53053073407, home to 3,505 residents in Puyallup, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 55th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,687 monthly, set against $87,722 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,530
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$87,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Puyallup and the region
Centroid at 47.1984, -122.2977 · click any tract to drill in
Why Puyallup scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Puyallup
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,687 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Puyallup
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Puyallup
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Puyallup
5.1
How Puyallup compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 166Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2013)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 120% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Puyallup
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Puyallup 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 Pierce County average of 5.5 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.84x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 166 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073407?
Census tract 53053073407 in Puyallup scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 53053073407?
Median gross rent is $1,687/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073407?
7.5% of residents in tract 53053073407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,505.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 45th, minority 26th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073407 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053073407 compare to Puyallup overall?
Tract 53053073407 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Puyallup at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Puyallup eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Puyallup
Top eight tracts in Puyallup ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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