Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Echo Lake Eviction Risk: Elevated , Edmonds
Tract 53061050900 ·
Snohomish County, WA · pop 3,723 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
53061050900 is a census tract in the Echo Lake area of Edmonds, WA. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. 34% 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
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%Stable renters 18%Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,603
Renter share47.3%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$73,665
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Echo Lake
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 9 tracts In Edmonds
Very High
Within county
73th percentile
#48 of 173 tracts In Snohomish County
Elevated
Within state
62th percentile
#673 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edmonds and the region
Centroid at 47.7860, -122.3371 · click any tract to drill in
Why Echo Lake scores 6.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Edmonds
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,665 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edmonds
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edmonds
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edmonds
4.4
How Echo Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
50%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
66%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)
54Total filings over 5 yrs
1.41%Avg annual filing rate
2.3%Peak (2008)
4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2008 to 2017
Filings dropped 73% over the past 5 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Echo Lake
63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Snohomish County average of 47.3%. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10.
Against the Snohomish County average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 54 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.9/10. At $1,665 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Edmonds commands. The worst year on record was 2008, when 2.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53061050900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53061050900?
Census tract 53061050900 in the Echo Lake neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 53061050900?
Median gross rent is $1,665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53061050900?
5.6% of residents in tract 53061050900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,723.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53061050900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 80th, minority 60th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 53061050900 considered part of Echo Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53061050900 fall within Echo Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53061050900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 53061050900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.41% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53061050900 compare to Edmonds overall?
Tract 53061050900 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Edmonds at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edmonds eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Edmonds
Top eight tracts in Edmonds ranked by composite eviction-risk score.