Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
The Verandas Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053062801 · Pierce County, WA · pop 8,142 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The The Verandas area of Tacoma anchors census tract 53053062801, which lands at 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,543 a month while the average household earns $59,873 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units3,105
Renter share80.8%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$59,873
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2221, -122.4974 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Verandas scores 6.6
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,543 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 The Verandas compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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
- 19%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)
- 1,122Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2007)
- 114Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 334Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Verandas
The score leans hardest on 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.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.60x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053062801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053062801?
Census tract 53053062801 in the The Verandas neighborhood 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 53053062801?
Median gross rent is $1,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053062801?
19.6% of residents in tract 53053062801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,142.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053062801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 72th, minority 65th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 53053062801 considered part of The Verandas?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053062801 fall within The Verandas (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053062801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,122 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053062801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.46% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053062801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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.
Q8
How does tract 53053062801 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053062801 scores 6.6/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 53053062801 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tacoma
Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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McCarver Neighborhood
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Larchmont
7
/ 10 · Elevated
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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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Dome District
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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