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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Vinegar Flats Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spokane

Tract 53063004200 · Spokane County, WA · pop 4,980 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

53063004200 is a census tract in the Vinegar Flats area of Spokane, WA. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. roughly one in eight of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Spokane County average of 45.2%.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 8% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,018
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$112,234

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Vinegar Flats
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 66 tracts In Spokane
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#1,349 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane and the region

Centroid at 47.6342, -117.4189 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vinegar Flats scores 4.5

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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,245 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Vinegar Flats compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Vinegar Flats risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0042005.9Spokaneparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 6Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 0.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2015)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53063004200
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vinegar Flats

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Spokane County average of 5.7. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 3/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6 filings here across 3 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 1.0% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Spokane. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10.

Against average income of $112,234, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53063004200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063004200?

Census tract 53063004200 in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 53063004200?

Median gross rent is $1,245/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063004200?

4.2% of residents in tract 53063004200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,980.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063004200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 40th, minority 26th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 53063004200 considered part of Vinegar Flats?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53063004200 fall within Vinegar Flats (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063004200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063004200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.65% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53063004200 compare to Spokane overall?

Tract 53063004200 scores 4.5/10, lower 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 53063004200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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