Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Elk Plain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053073115 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,525
Census tract 53053073115 runs through Elk Plain in Pierce County. With 4,525 residents, it scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
25% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,051 monthly, set against $114,612 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,607
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$114,612
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elk Plain and the region
Centroid at 47.0394, -122.3484 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elk Plain scores 2.4
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,051 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 82Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2006)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 14Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 Elk Plain
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Pierce County average of 5.5 and below 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 0.48x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 82 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 4.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.4% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073115
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073115?
Census tract 53053073115 in Elk Plain scores 2.4/10 (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 53053073115?
Median gross rent is $2,051/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073115?
5.5% of residents in tract 53053073115 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,525.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073115?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 14th, minority 42th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073115?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073115 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.00% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073115 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 53053073115 compare to Elk Plain overall?
Tract 53053073115 scores 2.4/10, 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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