Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

Lacey Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53067012226 · Thurston County, WA · pop 5,534 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Lacey

Census tract 53067012226 covers part of Lacey, WA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,534. Cost burden runs 34% here against 47.2% across Thurston County.

Risk score

6.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 18% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,981

Renter share27.7%

SVI overall0.41

Poverty rate11.1%

Median income$108,201

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lacey and the region

Centroid at 47.0917, -122.7331 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lacey scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lacey

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Washington legislature & governorship

6.0

Economic stress

11.1% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$2,202 rent vs county FMR

6.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lacey

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lacey

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lacey

6.5

How Lacey compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

24%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
36%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lacey

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.2/10.

The voucher gap is 19.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.

At $2,202 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Lacey commands. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Thurston County average of 5.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $108,201.

28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53067012226

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53067012226?

Census tract 53067012226 in Lacey scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53067012226?

Median gross rent is $2,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53067012226?

11.1% of residents in tract 53067012226 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,534.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53067012226?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 80th, minority 55th, housing 36th.

How does tract 53067012226 compare to Lacey overall?

Tract 53067012226 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Lacey at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lacey eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lacey

Top eight tracts in Lacey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.