Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
McKenna Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053073006 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,520 · 5% of tract blocks fall in McKenna
Tract 53053073006 covers McKenna in Washington. Home to 4,520 residents, it scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 19% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 18% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,594 monthly, set against $114,063 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,472
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$114,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across McKenna and the region
Centroid at 46.8987, -122.4185 · click any tract to drill in
Why McKenna scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from McKenna
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,594 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from McKenna
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from McKenna
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from McKenna
3.8
How McKenna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 62Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2005)
- 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 25Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.19×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 McKenna
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 McKenna, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.19x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 62 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.2% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073006
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073006?
Census tract 53053073006 in McKenna scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 53053073006?
Median gross rent is $1,594/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073006?
8.5% of residents in tract 53053073006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,520.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073006?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 47th, minority 42th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073006?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073006 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.78% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073006 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.19× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053073006 compare to McKenna overall?
Tract 53053073006 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of McKenna at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from McKenna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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