Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Meridian Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Hill
Tract 53053073132 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,692 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 53053073132 sits in the Meridian Terrace area of South Hill eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Cost burden runs 67% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,466
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$121,719
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Hill and the region
Centroid at 47.0790, -122.3076 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meridian Terrace scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Hill
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,436 rent vs county FMR
6.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Hill
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Hill
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Hill
5.1
How Meridian Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 21Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.21×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
Within Meridian Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meridian Terrace
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7.
The voucher gap is 18.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. At $2,436 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of South Hill commands. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 7% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $121,719.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053073132
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053073132?
Census tract 53053073132 in the Meridian Terrace neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 53053073132?
Median gross rent is $2,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053073132?
3.3% of residents in tract 53053073132 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,692.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053073132?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 41th, minority 59th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 53053073132 considered part of Meridian Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053073132 fall within Meridian Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053073132 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.21× 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 53053073132 compare to South Hill overall?
Tract 53053073132 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of South Hill at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Hill
Top eight tracts in South Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Manorwood North III
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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Glacier Creek
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Meridian Terrace
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Western Sunset
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Meridian Terrace
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
53053071309
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Glacier Creek
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
53053073120
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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