Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Dixon Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tacoma
Tract 53053062902 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,228 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 53053062902 sits in the Dixon Village neighborhood of Tacoma eviction risk, Washington eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,711 monthly, set against $84,276 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$84,276
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.1944, -122.4787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dixon Village scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tacoma
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,711 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tacoma
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
How Dixon Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 20%Grade C
- 33%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 36Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.50×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
Within Dixon Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dixon Village
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. 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 Tacoma eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pierce County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 33% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.50x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053062902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053062902?
Census tract 53053062902 in the Dixon Village neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 53053062902?
Median gross rent is $1,711/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053062902?
6.2% of residents in tract 53053062902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,228.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053062902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 37th, minority 57th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 53053062902 considered part of Dixon Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053062902 fall within Dixon Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053062902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× 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 53053062902 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053062902 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Tacoma at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tacoma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 53053062902 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 33% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tacoma
Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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Salishan
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
McCarver Neighborhood
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Larchmont
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Dixon Village
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
International District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Stadium District
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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The Verandas
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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