3 census tracts · pop 16,510 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 6.6–8.4
6th Avenue is a 3-tract neighborhood of Tacoma, WA and houses 16,510 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.3/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. 55% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Tacoma rate of 32.4%.
The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.6 to 8.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10.
On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. Court records carry 1,021 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 9.2% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.6% in 2015, is well off that peak.
That places it #17 of 23 neighborhoods in Tacoma. For a like-for-like read, Lincoln International District and Lincoln score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $1,673, close to the Tacoma average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $93,056. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
6th Avenue vs TacomaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in 6th Avenue
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,021Total filings (sum)
3.00%Avg annual filing rate
9.2%Peak year (2014)
2.44%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
250Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly observed
1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.66×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO).
Frequently asked
About 6th Avenue
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for 6th Avenue?
6th Avenue scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 6th Avenue compare to Tacoma overall?
6th Avenue scores 0.3 points higher than Tacoma overall (7/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,673 vs $1,676.
Q3
What is the average rent in 6th Avenue?
Average gross rent in 6th Avenue is $1,673/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of 6th Avenue residents are renters?
44% of 6th Avenue households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Tacoma). The neighborhood has 16,510 residents.
Q5
Is 6th Avenue a high social-vulnerability area?
6th Avenue sits in the 48th 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
Which tracts in 6th Avenue have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in 6th Avenue is census tract 53053061300 (score 8.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.6 to 8.4, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is 6th Avenue for landlords?
6th Avenue carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Tacoma as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of 6th Avenue?
6th Avenue has 17,162 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.4%), Other / Multiracial (10.6%), Hispanic / Latino (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
