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Latah Valley Eviction Risk: Elevated , Spokane

Tract 53063003900 · Spokane County, WA · pop 2,354 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is Latah Valley in Spokane for landlords? Census tract 53063003900 scores 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,354 a month while the average household earns $65,259 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 10% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,060
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$65,259

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Latah Valley
Very High
Within parent city
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 66 tracts In Spokane
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#294 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane and the region

Centroid at 47.6181, -117.4264 · click any tract to drill in

Why Latah Valley scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spokane
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,354 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spokane
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spokane
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spokane
5.5

How Latah Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Latah Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 003900Spokane: 6.76.7Spokaneparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 15Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 2.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.3%Peak (2015)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530630039002014: 6 filings (3.21/100 renter HHs)2015: 8 filings (4.28/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (0.54/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Latah Valley. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Latah Valley

What moves this score most is 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 Spokane eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Spokane County average of 5.1 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.3% of renter households in 2015.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 15% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53063003900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063003900?

Census tract 53063003900 in the Latah Valley neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 53063003900?

Median gross rent is $1,354/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063003900?

9.5% of residents in tract 53063003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,354.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063003900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 50th, minority 12th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 53063003900 considered part of Latah Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063003900 fall within Latah Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063003900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.68% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53063003900 compare to Spokane overall?

Tract 53063003900 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Spokane at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spokane eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 53063003900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 15% 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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