Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Spanaway Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053071403 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,849
The Moderate-tier score of 5.5/10 for census tract 53053071403 reflects conditions in Spanaway, Washington. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,702 a month while the average household earns $80,889 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,360
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$80,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spanaway and the region
Centroid at 47.1087, -122.4516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spanaway scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spanaway
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,702 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spanaway
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spanaway
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spanaway
5.6
How Spanaway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 141Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2007)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 48Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×Ratio to 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 Spanaway
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 Spanaway eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 141 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.4% of renter households in 2007.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.80x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053071403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071403?
Census tract 53053071403 in Spanaway scores 4.3/10 (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 53053071403?
Median gross rent is $1,702/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071403?
11.8% of residents in tract 53053071403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,849.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 45th, minority 60th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.67% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053071403 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× 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 53053071403 compare to Spanaway overall?
Tract 53053071403 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Spanaway at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spanaway eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Spanaway
Top eight tracts in Spanaway ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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