Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Wauna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053072503 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,689 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Wauna
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 53053072503 in Wauna in Pierce County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,689 residents. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,589 a month while the average household earns $108,000 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,892
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$108,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauna and the region
Centroid at 47.3846, -122.6606 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wauna scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wauna
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,589 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wauna
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wauna
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wauna
6.6
How Wauna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 53Total filings over 10 yrs
- 6.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.2%Peak (2006)
- 4Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 11Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 Wauna
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 Wauna, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.72x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072503?
Census tract 53053072503 in Wauna scores 2.6/10 (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 53053072503?
Median gross rent is $1,589/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072503?
6.4% of residents in tract 53053072503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,689.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 32th, minority 20th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53053072503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.82% of renter households, peaking at 17.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072503 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053072503 compare to Wauna overall?
Tract 53053072503 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Wauna at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wauna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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