4 census tracts · pop 19,887 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.8/10
· range 6–7.3
Opportunity is a 4-tract suburb of Spokane Valley, WA and houses 19,887 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.8/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 51% against 31.1% citywide, putting Opportunity 19.5% over its own city.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 23%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Court records carry 236 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 4.5% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,215, 10% below the Spokane Valley average of $1,353.
That places it #3 of 6 neighborhoods in Spokane Valley. Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Irwin and Dishman score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $61,954. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Opportunity vs Spokane ValleyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority28%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Opportunity
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
236Total filings (sum)
2.08%Avg annual filing rate
4.5%Peak year (2016)
1.70%Latest filed (2016)
Frequently asked
About Opportunity
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Opportunity?
Opportunity scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Opportunity compare to Spokane Valley overall?
Opportunity scores 0.7 points higher than Spokane Valley overall (6.1/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,215 vs $1,353.
Q3
What is the average rent in Opportunity?
Average gross rent in Opportunity is $1,215/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Opportunity residents are renters?
61% of Opportunity households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in Spokane Valley). The neighborhood has 19,887 residents.
Q5
Is Opportunity a high social-vulnerability area?
Opportunity sits in the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Opportunity have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Opportunity is census tract 53063011900 (score 7.3/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 7.3, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Opportunity for landlords?
Opportunity carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.8/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Valley as a whole (6.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Opportunity?
Opportunity has 19,584 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81%), Hispanic / Latino (7.9%), Other / Multiracial (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
