Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073502 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,514 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Edgewood
Tract 53053073502 sits in Edgewood, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 4,514 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,687
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$109,715
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edgewood and the region
Centroid at 47.2213, -122.2727 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewood scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Edgewood
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,421 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edgewood
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edgewood
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edgewood
4.4
How Edgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 25Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×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 Edgewood
35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Pierce County average of 47.5%. It sits 2.0 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7.
At $1,421 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Edgewood commands. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $109,715, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073502?
Census tract 53053073502 in Edgewood scores 3.7/10 (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 53053073502?
Median gross rent is $1,421/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073502?
3.0% of residents in tract 53053073502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,514.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 51th, minority 22th, housing 36th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 53053073502 compare to Edgewood overall?
Tract 53053073502 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Edgewood at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edgewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Edgewood
Top eight tracts in Edgewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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