Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
6th Avenue Eviction Risk: High , Tacoma
Tract 53053061300 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,087 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
53053061300 is a census tract in the 6th Avenue area of Tacoma, WA. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,087. It sits 2.7 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,067
Renter share55.7%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$78,346
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2500, -122.4590 · click any tract to drill in
Why 6th Avenue scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tacoma
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,751 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tacoma
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
How 6th Avenue compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 71%Grade C
- 16%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 694Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2006)
- 45Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×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
Within 6th Avenue. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in 6th Avenue
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 7.8/10. Cost burden runs 55% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 694 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 9.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053061300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053061300?
Census tract 53053061300 in the 6th Avenue neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High 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 53053061300?
Median gross rent is $1,751/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053061300?
20.1% of residents in tract 53053061300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,087.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053061300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 61th, minority 64th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 53053061300 considered part of 6th Avenue?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053061300 fall within 6th Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053061300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 694 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053061300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.35% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053061300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053061300 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053061300 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Tacoma at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tacoma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 53053061300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 16% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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