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Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Anacortes Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53057940500 · Skagit County, WA · pop 2,702

With a score of 6/10, tract 53057940500 in Anacortes, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,702 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 26% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$62,292

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Anacortes
High
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 41 tracts In Skagit County
Elevated
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#839 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
National
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18,163 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Anacortes and the region

Centroid at 48.4954, -122.6167 · click any tract to drill in

Why Anacortes scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Anacortes
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,202 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Anacortes
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Anacortes
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Anacortes
5.1

How Anacortes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Anacortes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 940500Anacortes: 5.15.1Anacortesparent cityCounty: 5.45.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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)

  • 16Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 1.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2016)
  • 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Anacortes

Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 1.7/10. At $1,202 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Anacortes commands.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Cost burden runs 51% here against 44.2% across Skagit County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 16 filings here across 2 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Skagit County average of 5.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $62,292. 54% 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 53057940500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53057940500?

Census tract 53057940500 in Anacortes scores 6/10 (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 53057940500?

Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53057940500?

14.0% of residents in tract 53057940500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53057940500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 95th, minority 33th, housing 81th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53057940500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 53057940500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.18% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53057940500 compare to Anacortes overall?

Tract 53057940500 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Anacortes at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Anacortes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Anacortes

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

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