Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Steilacoom Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53053072111 · Pierce County, WA · pop 2,841 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Steilacoom
Census tract 53053072111 covers part of Steilacoom, WA, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,841 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 2.4/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,119
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$100,511
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Steilacoom and the region
Centroid at 47.1662, -122.5908 · click any tract to drill in
Why Steilacoom scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Steilacoom
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,529 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Steilacoom
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Steilacoom
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Steilacoom
6.5
How Steilacoom compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 30Total filings over 11 yrs
- 0.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2005)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 11Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.42×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 Steilacoom
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,529, 16% below the Steilacoom average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 30 filings here across 11 tracked years.
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The worst year on record was 2005, when 1.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters.
Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $100,511. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072111
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072111?
Census tract 53053072111 in Steilacoom scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 53053072111?
Median gross rent is $1,529/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072111?
15.0% of residents in tract 53053072111 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,841.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072111?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 65th, minority 52th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072111?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072111 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.89% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072111 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053072111 compare to Steilacoom overall?
Tract 53053072111 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Steilacoom at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Steilacoom; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Steilacoom
Top eight tracts in Steilacoom ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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