Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Martha's Vineyard Eviction Risk: Elevated , University Place
Tract 53053072312 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,453 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 53053072312 sits in the Martha's Vineyard area of University Place eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 5,453 residents. 41% 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
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,356
Renter share51.4%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$69,017
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across University Place and the region
Centroid at 47.2043, -122.5203 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martha's Vineyard scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from University Place
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,456 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from University Place
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from University Place
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from University Place
6.3
How Martha's Vineyard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 2%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)
- 584Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2012)
- 59Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 139Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martha's Vineyard
Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. At $1,456 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of University Place commands. The filing record is not thin: 584 evictions over 11 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 6.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Tacoma. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.2 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 53053072312
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072312?
Census tract 53053072312 in the Martha's Vineyard neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 53053072312?
Median gross rent is $1,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072312?
10.3% of residents in tract 53053072312 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,453.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072312?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 44th, minority 66th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 53053072312 considered part of Martha's Vineyard?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053072312 fall within Martha's Vineyard (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072312?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 584 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072312 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.65% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072312 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053072312 compare to University Place overall?
Tract 53053072312 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of University Place at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from University Place eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 53053072312 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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7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Fox Glen
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Bridgeport Terrace
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Grandview Park
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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