Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Waller Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053940004 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,658 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Waller
Tract 53053940004, home to 6,658 residents in Waller in Pierce County, scores 4.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #58,744 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,745 a month while the average household earns $112,857 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,524
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$112,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waller and the region
Centroid at 47.2050, -122.3727 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waller scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waller
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,745 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waller
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waller
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waller
4.6
How Waller compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
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)
- 116Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 111% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 51Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.07×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waller
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. 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 Waller, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Pierce County average of 5.5 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 116 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053940004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053940004?
Census tract 53053940004 in Waller scores 2.7/10 (Lower 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 53053940004?
Median gross rent is $1,745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053940004?
7.2% of residents in tract 53053940004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,658.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053940004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 72th, minority 44th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053940004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 116 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053940004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053940004 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053940004 compare to Waller overall?
Tract 53053940004 scores 2.7/10, lower than the parent city of Waller at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waller; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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