Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Deer Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Puyallup
Tract 53053073406 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,625 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 53053073406 sits in the Deer Creek area of Puyallup eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 6,625. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,496
Renter share64.1%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$101,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Puyallup and the region
Centroid at 47.1840, -122.2645 · click any tract to drill in
Why Deer Creek scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Puyallup
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,772 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Puyallup
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Puyallup
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Puyallup
5.1
How Deer Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 334Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2009)
- 40Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 82% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 113Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.86×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Deer Creek
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 334 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Pierce County average of 5.7 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,772, close to the Puyallup average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073406?
Census tract 53053073406 in the Deer Creek neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 53053073406?
Median gross rent is $1,772/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073406?
4.8% of residents in tract 53053073406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 46th, minority 39th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 53053073406 considered part of Deer Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053073406 fall within Deer Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053073406?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 334 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053073406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.85% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073406 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053073406 compare to Puyallup overall?
Tract 53053073406 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Puyallup at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Puyallup eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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4.7
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4.7
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