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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Mabton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53077002701 · Yakima County, WA · pop 3,518 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Mabton

Tract 53077002701 sits in Mabton, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. Population here is 3,518. Adults with no health insurance runs 32.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 26% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units825
Renter share40.2%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$70,536

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mabton
Moderate
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 57 tracts In Yakima County
High
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#487 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mabton and the region

Centroid at 46.1086, -120.0119 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mabton scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mabton
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mabton
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mabton
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mabton
7.0

How Mabton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mabton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 002701Mabton: 6.16.1Mabtonparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 4Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.8%Peak (2015)
  • 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mabton

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Yakima County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 1 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 1.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $70,536, annual rent is just 17%.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53077002701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53077002701?

Census tract 53077002701 in Mabton scores 7/10 (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 53077002701?

Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53077002701?

24.2% of residents in tract 53077002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,518.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53077002701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 88th, minority 93th, housing 93th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53077002701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53077002701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.80% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53077002701 compare to Mabton overall?

Tract 53077002701 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Mabton at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mabton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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