Neighborhood · Fife, WA

Willow Green Village Eviction Risk: Elevated

3 census tracts · pop 12,263 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10 · range 5.2–8

Willow Green Village spans 3 census tracts of Fife, WA and houses 12,263 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.9/10, in the Elevated tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Cost burden runs 43% against 31.4% citywide, putting Willow Green Village 11.9% over its own city. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.2 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

19% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 206 evictions logged in this tract. Running cool is economic stress, at 2.9/10.

The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 5.1% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 3.6% in 2015 against a 5.1% peak.

Average gross rent runs $1,879, close to the Fife average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $97,477.

43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

3 tracts · population-weighted

Willow Green Village vs Fife How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

43.3% +38%

Fife: 31.4%

Average gross rent

$1,879 -1%

Fife: $1,889

Average HH income

$97,477 +8%

Fife: $90,515

Poverty rate

10.8% -6%

Fife: 11.5%

Renter share

43.3% -19%

Fife: 53.7%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Willow Green Village and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 5.2–8

Why Willow Green Village scores 6.9

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts

5.6

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Rent control risk

43% of income on rent · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts

5.6

Tenant organizing strength

43% renter households · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts

9.3

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts

6.3

Economic stress

10.8% below poverty line · Range 1.0–4.7 across tracts

2.9

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.2–7.6 across tracts

4.2

Risk score comparison

Willow Green Village vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Willow Green Village?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.8 points from 5.2 to 8. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

8.0 7.3 5.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Willow Green Village

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
53053940002	8	4,364	53%	$1,270
53053940012	7.3	4,103	51%	$1,863
53053940013	5.2	3,796	24%	$2,595

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 53

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 51%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 36%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 71%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 56%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Willow Green Village

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

206Total filings (sum)
1.92%Avg annual filing rate
5.1%Peak year (2014)
3.63%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

456Total filings 2020-21
2.0Avg monthly observed
2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.07×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO).

Frequently asked

About Willow Green Village

What is the eviction-risk score for Willow Green Village?

Willow Green Village scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Willow Green Village compare to Fife overall?

Willow Green Village scores 0.3 points higher than Fife overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,879 vs $1,889.

What is the average rent in Willow Green Village?

Average gross rent in Willow Green Village is $1,879/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Willow Green Village residents are renters?

43% of Willow Green Village households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Fife). The neighborhood has 12,263 residents.

Is Willow Green Village a high social-vulnerability area?

Willow Green Village sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Willow Green Village have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Willow Green Village is census tract 53053940002 (score 8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 8, a spread of 2.8 points.

How safe is Willow Green Village for landlords?

Willow Green Village carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Fife as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Willow Green Village?

Willow Green Village has 12,302 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43%), Other / Multiracial (17.1%), Hispanic / Latino (16.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Willow Green Village

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