Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Tapps Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070307 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,975 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Lake Tapps
Census tract 53053070307 covers part of Lake Tapps, WA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,975. Against Pierce County at 47.5%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,043
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$159,896
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Tapps and the region
Centroid at 47.2120, -122.1282 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Tapps scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Tapps
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,120 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Tapps
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Tapps
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Tapps
2.4
How Lake Tapps compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 17Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 2Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.46×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 Lake Tapps
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.7 points. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.6/10. On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 17 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 5% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $159,896, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070307?
Census tract 53053070307 in Lake Tapps scores 3/10 (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 53053070307?
Median gross rent is $2,120/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070307?
2.4% of residents in tract 53053070307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 8th, minority 12th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 53053070307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070307 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.46× 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.
Q7
How does tract 53053070307 compare to Lake Tapps overall?
Tract 53053070307 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Tapps at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Tapps; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lake Tapps
Top eight tracts in Lake Tapps ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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