Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Parkland Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53053071504 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,281
53053071504 is a census tract in Parkland, WA. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,281 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share47.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$61,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Parkland and the region
Centroid at 47.1457, -122.4453 · click any tract to drill in
Why Parkland scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Parkland
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,486 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Parkland
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Parkland
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Parkland
7.1
How Parkland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 230Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2012)
- 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 117Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.11×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 Parkland
Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 230 filings here across 11 tracked years. At $1,486 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Parkland commands.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 3.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053071504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071504?
Census tract 53053071504 in Parkland scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 53053071504?
Median gross rent is $1,486/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071504?
9.5% of residents in tract 53053071504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,281.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 26th, minority 60th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 230 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.12% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053071504 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× 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 53053071504 compare to Parkland overall?
Tract 53053071504 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Parkland at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parkland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Parkland
Top eight tracts in Parkland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Larchmont
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
International District
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
International District
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
Larchmont
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
Larchmont
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
53053071503
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53053071506
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53053071505
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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