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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Sprague Union District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Spokane

Tract 53063014500 · Spokane County, WA · pop 2,199 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 53063014500 in the Sprague Union District area of Spokane, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 36% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,042
Renter share71.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate33.5%
Median income$44,655

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Sprague Union District
Elevated
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 66 tracts In Spokane
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#348 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane and the region

Centroid at 47.6620, -117.3740 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sprague Union District scores 7.3

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
33.5% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$813 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Sprague Union District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sprague Union District risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0145005.9Spokaneparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 90Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 5.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.3%Peak (2014)
  • 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53063014500
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sprague Union District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sprague Union District

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Average gross rent is $813, 33% below the Spokane average.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.4/10.

It sits 1.6 points above the Spokane County average of 5.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 90 filings here across 3 tracked years.

Against Spokane County at 45.2%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 3/10.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 7.3% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53063014500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063014500?

Census tract 53063014500 in the Sprague Union District neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 53063014500?

Median gross rent is $813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063014500?

33.5% of residents in tract 53063014500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,199.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063014500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 54th, minority 40th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 53063014500 considered part of Sprague Union District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063014500 fall within Sprague Union District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063014500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063014500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.66% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53063014500 compare to Spokane overall?

Tract 53063014500 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Spokane at 5.9/10. 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 53063014500 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. 25% 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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