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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Prairie Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 53053070310 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,283 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Prairie Ridge

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 53053070310 in Prairie Ridge, WA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,283. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.5 points.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 7% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,926
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$118,471

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Prairie Ridge
Very Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#180 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Very Low
Within state
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#1,663 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Prairie Ridge and the region

Centroid at 47.1608, -122.1650 · click any tract to drill in

Why Prairie Ridge scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Prairie Ridge
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,923 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prairie Ridge
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prairie Ridge
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prairie Ridge
4.9

How Prairie Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Prairie Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0703104.4Prairie Ridgeparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 43Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2013)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53053070310

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 28Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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 Ridge

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Cost burden runs 37% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 9 tracked years.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. The worst year on record was 2013, when 3.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.7 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least 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 53053070310

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070310?

Census tract 53053070310 in Prairie Ridge scores 3.2/10 (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 53053070310?

Median gross rent is $1,923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070310?

1.7% of residents in tract 53053070310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,283.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070310?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 53th, minority 35th, housing 13th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070310?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53053070310 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.00% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 53053070310 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 53053070310 compare to Prairie Ridge overall?

Tract 53053070310 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Prairie Ridge at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prairie Ridge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Prairie Ridge

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

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