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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Cedar Valley Eviction Risk: High , Lynnwood

Tract 53061051701 · Snohomish County, WA · pop 6,447 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

53061051701 is a census tract in the Cedar Valley area of Lynnwood, WA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,447. 47% 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
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 13% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,726
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$68,007

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Cedar Valley
High
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 8 tracts In Lynnwood
Elevated
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 173 tracts In Snohomish County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynnwood and the region

Centroid at 47.8300, -122.2999 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cedar Valley scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lynnwood
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lynnwood
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lynnwood
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lynnwood
7.4

How Cedar Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cedar Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0517016.6Lynnwoodparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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)

  • 75Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2008)
  • 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53061051701
Filings dropped 73% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cedar Valley. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cedar Valley

Against Snohomish County at 47.3%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Snohomish County average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,453 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Lynnwood commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 75 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2008, when 2.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53061051701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53061051701?

Census tract 53061051701 in the Cedar Valley neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 53061051701?

Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53061051701?

24.3% of residents in tract 53061051701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,447.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53061051701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 50th, minority 65th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 53061051701 considered part of Cedar Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53061051701 fall within Cedar Valley (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53061051701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 53061051701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.20% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53061051701 compare to Lynnwood overall?

Tract 53061051701 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Lynnwood at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lynnwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lynnwood

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

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