Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Prairie Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070311 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,398 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Prairie Heights
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 53053070311 in Prairie Heights, WA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,887
Renter share7.9%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$124,447
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prairie Heights and the region
Centroid at 47.1573, -122.1379 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prairie Heights scores 3.1
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,033 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 65Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2013)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 65Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 5.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Prairie Heights
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.6 points. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 filings here across 11 tracked years. At $2,033 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Prairie Heights commands.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 5.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.8 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070311
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070311?
Census tract 53053070311 in Prairie Heights scores 3.1/10 (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 53053070311?
Median gross rent is $2,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070311?
7.1% of residents in tract 53053070311 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070311?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 41th, minority 38th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070311?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070311 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.66% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070311 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 5.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053070311 compare to Prairie Heights overall?
Tract 53053070311 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Prairie Heights at 4/10. 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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