Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Salmon Beach Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053060903 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,159 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 53053060903 sits in the Salmon Beach area of Tacoma eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share31.8%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$95,474
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2860, -122.5264 · click any tract to drill in
Why Salmon Beach scores 7
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,816 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Salmon Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 4%Grade C
- 0%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 25Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2008)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 9Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Salmon Beach
The main counterweight is economic stress at 2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.
43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Pierce County average of 47.5%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 filings here across 9 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 1.0% of renter households were served. At $1,816 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Tacoma commands.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053060903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053060903?
Census tract 53053060903 in the Salmon Beach neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 53053060903?
Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053060903?
8.0% of residents in tract 53053060903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,159.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053060903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 83th, minority 40th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 53053060903 considered part of Salmon Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053060903 fall within Salmon Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053060903?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53053060903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.63% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053060903 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053060903 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053060903 scores 7/10, right in line with the parent city of Tacoma at 7/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 53053060903 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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