Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Oakridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Fircrest
Tract 53053072305 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,442 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
In Oakridge in Fircrest, census tract 53053072305 scores 4.4/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,380 a month while the average household earns $102,419 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,782
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$102,419
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fircrest and the region
Centroid at 47.2311, -122.5158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakridge scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fircrest
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fircrest
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fircrest
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fircrest
2.9
How Oakridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 26%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 109Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2008)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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
Within Oakridge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakridge
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Fircrest, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.60x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072305?
Census tract 53053072305 in the Oakridge neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 53053072305?
Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072305?
5.7% of residents in tract 53053072305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,442.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 38th, minority 42th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 53053072305 considered part of Oakridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053072305 fall within Oakridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072305?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072305 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.27% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072305 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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.
Q8
How does tract 53053072305 compare to Fircrest overall?
Tract 53053072305 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Fircrest at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fircrest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 53053072305 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. 0% 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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