Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Vernon Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53057952401 · Skagit County, WA · pop 2,756
53057952401 is a census tract in Mount Vernon, WA. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,756 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,121
Renter share26.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$101,414
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Vernon and the region
Centroid at 48.4132, -122.3267 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Vernon scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,633 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%Housing & transportation
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)
- 6Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2015)
- 2Filings 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
The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Skagit County average of 5.4. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
At $1,633 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Mount Vernon commands. Court records carry 6 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 0.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53057952401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53057952401?
Census tract 53057952401 in Mount Vernon scores 6.7/10 (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 53057952401?
Median gross rent is $1,633/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53057952401?
20.0% of residents in tract 53057952401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,756.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53057952401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 71th, minority 46th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53057952401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 53057952401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.71% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53057952401 compare to Mount Vernon overall?
Tract 53057952401 scores 6.7/10, 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.
Tract · WA
53057952200
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
53057952301
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
53057952500
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
53057952404
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53057952403
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53057952303
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53057952405
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53057952600
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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