Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,214 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Lewis Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53053072909 · Pierce County, WA · pop 2,215 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Fort Lewis
For landlords sizing up Fort Lewis in Pierce County, census tract 53053072909 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $1,857 a month. Renters make up 84% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units31
Renter share83.9%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate31.9%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lewis and the region
Centroid at 47.0302, -122.5502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Lewis scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Lewis
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
31.9% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,857 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lewis
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lewis
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lewis
8.3
How Fort Lewis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.12×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 Fort Lewis
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Fort Lewis, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pierce County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.12x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072909
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072909?
Census tract 53053072909 in Fort Lewis scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 53053072909?
Median gross rent is $1,857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072909?
31.9% of residents in tract 53053072909 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,215.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072909?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 0th, minority 62th, housing 97th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072909 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.12× 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.
Q6
How does tract 53053072909 compare to Fort Lewis overall?
Tract 53053072909 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Lewis at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Lewis; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Lewis
Top eight tracts in Fort Lewis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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