Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Prairie Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070205 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,256 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Prairie Heights
Tract 53053070205, home to 3,256 residents in Prairie Heights in Pierce County, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 40th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,689 a month while the average household earns $108,625 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,177
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$108,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prairie Heights and the region
Centroid at 47.1594, -122.0887 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prairie Heights scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Prairie Heights
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,689 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prairie Heights
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prairie Heights
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prairie Heights
4.1
How Prairie Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 118Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2006)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 73% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 19Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 Prairie Heights
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.1/10. 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 Prairie Heights, 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 in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 118 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 5.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070205?
Census tract 53053070205 in Prairie Heights scores 1.7/10 (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 53053070205?
Median gross rent is $1,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070205?
4.0% of residents in tract 53053070205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,256.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 10th, minority 6th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.40% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070205 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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.
Q7
How does tract 53053070205 compare to Prairie Heights overall?
Tract 53053070205 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Prairie Heights at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prairie Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Prairie Heights
Top eight tracts in Prairie Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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