Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Elk Plain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073114 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,044
Tract 53053073114, home to 5,044 residents in Elk Plain in Pierce County, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 44% of US census tracts.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,705 monthly, set against $89,273 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,704
Renter share19.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$89,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elk Plain and the region
Centroid at 47.0349, -122.3777 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elk Plain scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elk Plain
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,705 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elk Plain
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elk Plain
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elk Plain
3.8
How Elk Plain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 208Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2004)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 37Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×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 Elk Plain
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.6/10. 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 Elk Plain, 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 safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.73x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 69th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073114
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073114?
Census tract 53053073114 in Elk Plain scores 3.3/10 (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 53053073114?
Median gross rent is $1,705/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073114?
10.7% of residents in tract 53053073114 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,044.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073114?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 94th, minority 50th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073114?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 208 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073114 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.19% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073114 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× 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 53053073114 compare to Elk Plain overall?
Tract 53053073114 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Elk Plain at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elk Plain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elk Plain
Top eight tracts in Elk Plain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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