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Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Yakima Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53077001202 · Yakima County, WA · pop 7,015

Tract 53077001202 sits in Yakima eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 31% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,184
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$61,149

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 21 tracts In Yakima
Elevated
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 57 tracts In Yakima County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#316 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10,727 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Yakima and the region

Centroid at 46.5776, -120.5086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Yakima scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Yakima
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,162 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Yakima
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Yakima
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Yakima
6.7

How Yakima compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Yakima risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.47.4This tracttract 001202Yakima: 6.16.1Yakimaparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

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)

  • 20Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2015)
  • 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Yakima

Against the Yakima County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.3% against 11.3% nationally. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.7/10. Against Yakima County at 38.4%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Court records carry 20 eviction filings across 1 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53077001202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53077001202?

Census tract 53077001202 in Yakima scores 7.4/10 (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 53077001202?

Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53077001202?

24.9% of residents in tract 53077001202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,015.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53077001202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 85th, minority 84th, housing 65th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53077001202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53077001202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.47% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53077001202 compare to Yakima overall?

Tract 53077001202 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Yakima at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Yakima eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Yakima

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

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