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Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 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

Census tract 53053072909 covers part of Fort Lewis, WA, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,215. The severe-burden share is 54%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.2
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 parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Fort Lewis
Very High
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#418 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
National
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#11,988 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
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 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Fort Lewis risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 0729095.8Fort Lewisparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

Cost burden runs 54% here against 47.5% across Pierce County. At $1,857 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Fort Lewis commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.1/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053072909

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072909?

Census tract 53053072909 in Fort Lewis scores 7.2/10 (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 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Lewis at 5.8/10. 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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