Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Anderson Island Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053072603 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,497 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Anderson Island
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 53053072603 in Anderson Island, WA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is tenant-organizing strength at 1.8/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units3,002
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate22.1%
Median income$88,306
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Anderson Island and the region
Centroid at 47.2095, -122.6843 · click any tract to drill in
Why Anderson Island scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Anderson Island
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
22.1% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,440 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Anderson Island
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Anderson Island
1.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Anderson Island
4.2
How Anderson Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 52Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2004)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 27Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 Anderson Island
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 52 evictions over 11 years of observation. It sits 0.6 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 3.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072603?
Census tract 53053072603 in Anderson Island 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 53053072603?
Median gross rent is $1,440/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072603?
22.1% of residents in tract 53053072603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,497.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 18th, minority 36th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.54% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072603 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053072603 compare to Anderson Island overall?
Tract 53053072603 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Anderson Island at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Anderson Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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