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Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Wapato Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53077940008 · Yakima County, WA · pop 2,279 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Wapato

Census tract 53077940008 covers part of Wapato, WA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,279. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 26% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units525
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$49,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Wapato
Very High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 57 tracts In Yakima County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#348 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11,153 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wapato and the region

Centroid at 46.4542, -120.4235 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wapato scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wapato
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
27.8% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,029 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wapato
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wapato
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wapato
5.3

How Wapato compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wapato risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 940008Wapato: 5.95.9Wapatoparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wapato

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.8% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 28%. 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 1.6 points.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.4/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.7/10.

That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,029, close to the Wapato average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $49,313.

46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53077940008

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53077940008?

Census tract 53077940008 in Wapato scores 7.3/10 (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 53077940008?

Median gross rent is $1,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53077940008?

27.8% of residents in tract 53077940008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,279.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53077940008?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 92th, minority 93th, housing 99th.
Q5

How does tract 53077940008 compare to Wapato overall?

Tract 53077940008 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Wapato at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wapato; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wapato

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

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