1 census tracts · pop 4,893 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.6–5.6
Rivergrove is a one-tract neighborhood of Sumner, WA, population 4,893. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.2/10. Against a Sumner baseline of 28.8%, 36% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Court records for this tract carry 59 eviction filings.
8% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 1.5% of renter households. Judgments average 0.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $2,064, close to the Sumner average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $105,220.
46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Rivergrove vs SumnerHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Rivergrove
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
59Total filings (sum)
0.88%Avg annual filing rate
1.5%Peak year (2015)
1.51%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
51Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO).
Frequently asked
About Rivergrove
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Rivergrove?
Rivergrove scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Rivergrove compare to Sumner overall?
Rivergrove scores 0.6 points lower than Sumner overall (6.2/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,064 vs $1,974.
Q3
What is the average rent in Rivergrove?
Average gross rent in Rivergrove is $2,064/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Rivergrove residents are renters?
46% of Rivergrove households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Sumner). The neighborhood has 4,893 residents.
Q5
Is Rivergrove a high social-vulnerability area?
Rivergrove sits in the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Rivergrove for landlords?
Rivergrove carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Sumner as a whole (6.2/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Rivergrove?
Rivergrove has 4,967 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.6%), Hispanic / Latino (14.8%), Other / Multiracial (8.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
