Neighborhood · Ranked #6,298 of 84,120 nationally

Stadium District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma

Tract 53053061601 · Pierce County, WA · pop 1,929 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 53053061601 sits in the Stadium District neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington. It has a population of 1,929 and an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). 48% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 21% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $844/month against a median household income of $27,885 — roughly 36% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 43% Owners 18%

Tract context

Occupied units1,416

Renter share81.7%

SVI overall0.91

Poverty rate38.8%

Median income$27,885

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Tacoma and the region

Centroid at 47.2542, -122.4402 · click any tract to drill in

Why Stadium District scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Tacoma

7.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.6

State political climate

Washington legislature & governorship

6.0

Economic stress

38.8% poverty · this tract

9.7

Supply constraint

$844 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Tacoma

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Tacoma

7.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Tacoma

7.5

How Stadium District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

89%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
98%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
21%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

234Total filings over 11 yrs
2.01%Avg annual filing rate
3.0%Peak (2015)
37Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 — 2015

Filings climbed 118% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

203Total filings 2020-21
2.6Avg monthly (observed)
2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.96×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

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Within Stadium District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053061601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053061601?

Census tract 53053061601 in the Stadium District neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53053061601?

Median gross rent is $844/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053061601?

38.8% of residents in tract 53053061601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,929.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053061601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 57th, minority 49th, housing 98th.

Is tract 53053061601 considered part of Stadium District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053061601 fall within Stadium District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053061601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 234 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053061601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 53053061601 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.

How does tract 53053061601 compare to Tacoma overall?

Tract 53053061601 scores 6.8/10 — lower than the parent city of Tacoma at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tacoma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 53053061601 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 21% 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.

Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.