Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Edgemoor Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bellingham
Tract 53073001101 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 3,768 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
53073001101 is a census tract in the Edgemoor area of Bellingham, WA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,768. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,990
Renter share39.3%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$98,974
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellingham and the region
Centroid at 48.7150, -122.5188 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgemoor scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellingham
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellingham
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellingham
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellingham
8.1
How Edgemoor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgemoor
around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Whatcom County average of 49.6%. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Whatcom County average of 5.9. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Average gross rent is $1,434, 9% below the Bellingham average. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $98,974, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53073001101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073001101?
Census tract 53073001101 in the Edgemoor neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 53073001101?
Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073001101?
18.6% of residents in tract 53073001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,768.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073001101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 5th, minority 20th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 53073001101 considered part of Edgemoor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53073001101 fall within Edgemoor (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 53073001101 compare to Bellingham overall?
Tract 53073001101 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Bellingham at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bellingham
Top eight tracts in Bellingham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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