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Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Mount Vernon Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53057952200 · Skagit County, WA · pop 4,587 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Mount Vernon

Tract 53057952200 sits in Mount Vernon eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. It is home to 4,587 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 29% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,823
Renter share63.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$46,193

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Mount Vernon
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 41 tracts In Skagit County
Very High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#253 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
National
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#9,927 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Vernon and the region

Centroid at 48.4399, -122.3422 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount Vernon scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mount Vernon
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,056 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Vernon
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Vernon
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Vernon
7.5

How Mount Vernon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mount Vernon risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.67.6This tracttract 952200Mount Vernon: 6.26.2Mount Vernonparent cityCounty: 5.45.4Countyavg 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.

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)

  • 32Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 1.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.1%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount Vernon

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Against the Skagit County average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points.

Cost burden runs 55% here against 44.2% across Skagit County. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

Average gross rent is $1,056, 25% below the Mount Vernon average. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 32 evictions over 2 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53057952200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53057952200?

Census tract 53057952200 in Mount Vernon scores 7.6/10 (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 53057952200?

Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53057952200?

18.6% of residents in tract 53057952200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,587.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53057952200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 94th, minority 67th, housing 99th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53057952200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 53057952200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.68% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53057952200 compare to Mount Vernon overall?

Tract 53057952200 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Mount Vernon at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Vernon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mount Vernon

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

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