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Ballinger Eviction Risk: Elevated , Mountlake Terrace

Tract 53061051100 · Snohomish County, WA · pop 4,100 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 53061051100 covers part of the Ballinger area of Mountlake Terrace, WA, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,100. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 27% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,050
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$99,324

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Ballinger
Very High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Mountlake Terrace
High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 173 tracts In Snohomish County
High
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#569 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mountlake Terrace and the region

Centroid at 47.7840, -122.3071 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ballinger scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mountlake Terrace
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$2,046 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountlake Terrace
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountlake Terrace
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountlake Terrace
5.5

How Ballinger compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ballinger risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.8This tracttract 0511006.2Mountlake Terraceparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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 5 yrs
  • 0.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.8%Peak (2008)
  • 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53061051100
Filings dropped 60% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ballinger. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ballinger

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Snohomish County average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Snohomish County average of 47.3%. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10.

Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2008, when 1.8% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,046, close to the Mountlake Terrace average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $99,324.

46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53061051100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53061051100?

Census tract 53061051100 in the Ballinger neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 53061051100?

Median gross rent is $2,046/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53061051100?

11.3% of residents in tract 53061051100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,100.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53061051100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 86th, minority 46th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 53061051100 considered part of Ballinger?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53061051100 fall within Ballinger (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53061051100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 53061051100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.68% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53061051100 compare to Mountlake Terrace overall?

Tract 53061051100 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Mountlake Terrace at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountlake Terrace eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mountlake Terrace

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

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