Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Tapps Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070313 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,980 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Lake Tapps
How risky is Lake Tapps for landlords? Census tract 53053070313 scores 3.5/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 5% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 8% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,897 a month while the average household earns $129,239 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,444
Renter share9.7%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$129,239
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Tapps and the region
Centroid at 47.2079, -122.1937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Tapps scores 1.5
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,897 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 104Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2013)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 600% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 30Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.80×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.9/10. 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 Lake Tapps, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 104 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070313
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070313?
Census tract 53053070313 in Lake Tapps scores 1.5/10 (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 53053070313?
Median gross rent is $1,897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070313?
3.8% of residents in tract 53053070313 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,980.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070313?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 48th, minority 27th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070313?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070313 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.45% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070313 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053070313 compare to Lake Tapps overall?
Tract 53053070313 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Tapps at 6.5/10. 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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