Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Custer Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53073010407 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 3,229 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Custer
How risky is Custer for landlords? Census tract 53073010407 scores 3.2/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 3% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,364 a month against an average household income of $120,886 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$120,886
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Custer and the region
Centroid at 48.9110, -122.6541 · click any tract to drill in
Why Custer scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Custer
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,364 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Custer
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Custer
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Custer
3.8
How Custer compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Custer
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Custer, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Whatcom County average of 5.2 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 53073010407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073010407?
Census tract 53073010407 in Custer scores 2.3/10 (Lower 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 53073010407?
Median gross rent is $1,364/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073010407?
4.8% of residents in tract 53073010407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,229.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073010407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 12th, minority 8th, housing 32th.
Q5
How does tract 53073010407 compare to Custer overall?
Tract 53073010407 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Custer at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Custer; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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