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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Town Centre Village Eviction Risk: High , Lakewood

Tract 53053071805 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,303 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 8/10, tract 53053071805 in the Town Centre Village area of Lakewood, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 26% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,629
Renter share62.0%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$67,909

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Town Centre Village
Moderate
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 13 tracts In Lakewood
Elevated
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 47.1599, -122.5003 · click any tract to drill in

Why Town Centre Village scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lakewood
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,419 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakewood
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakewood
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakewood
6.8

How Town Centre Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Town Centre Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0718056.6Lakewoodparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 611Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2007)
  • 66Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53053071805
Filings climbed 61% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 111Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.56×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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Town Centre Village

Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 58% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.2/10.

Court records carry 611 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 7.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053071805

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071805?

Census tract 53053071805 in the Town Centre Village neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 53053071805?

Median gross rent is $1,419/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071805?

18.1% of residents in tract 53053071805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,303.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071805?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 96th, minority 76th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 53053071805 considered part of Town Centre Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071805 fall within Town Centre Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071805?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 611 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071805 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.37% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 53053071805 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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.
Q8

How does tract 53053071805 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 53053071805 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood

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

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