Granite Falls Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Cost burden runs 39% here against 47.3% across Snohomish County.

Against the Snohomish County average of 5.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 32 evictions over 5 years of observation. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.9/10.

At $1,631 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Granite Falls commands. The worst year on record was 2008, when 4.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $101,406.

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