1 census tracts · pop 4,980 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.5–4.5
Vinegar Flats maps to a single census tract in Spokane, WA and houses 4,980 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 12% against 31.6% citywide, putting Vinegar Flats 20.0% under its own city.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. Court records for this tract carry 6 eviction filings.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 1.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.3% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Among the 21 mapped neighborhoods of Spokane, it ranks #19 by risk, the lower third. Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Five Mile Prairie and Balboa / South Indian Trail.
Against average income of $112,234, annual rent is only 13%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent runs $1,245, close to the Spokane average.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Vinegar Flats vs SpokaneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority26%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Vinegar Flats
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
6Total filings (sum)
0.65%Avg annual filing rate
1.0%Peak year (2015)
0.30%Latest filed (2016)
Frequently asked
About Vinegar Flats
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Vinegar Flats?
Vinegar Flats scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Vinegar Flats compare to Spokane overall?
Vinegar Flats scores 1.4 points lower than Spokane overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 12% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,245 vs $1,215.
Q3
What is the average rent in Vinegar Flats?
Average gross rent in Vinegar Flats is $1,245/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Vinegar Flats residents are renters?
9% of Vinegar Flats households are renter-occupied (vs 41% in Spokane). The neighborhood has 4,980 residents.
Q5
Is Vinegar Flats a high social-vulnerability area?
Vinegar Flats sits in the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Vinegar Flats for landlords?
Vinegar Flats carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Spokane as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Vinegar Flats?
Vinegar Flats has 5,125 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.4%), Hispanic / Latino (12.2%), Other / Multiracial (2.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
