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Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Sequim Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53009002100 · Clallam County, WA · pop 3,834 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Sequim

Census tract 53009002100 covers part of Sequim, WA, and scores 7.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,834. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Clallam County average of 38.0%.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 22% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,020
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$44,155

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Sequim
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 24 tracts In Clallam County
Very High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#225 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#9,433 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sequim and the region

Centroid at 48.0787, -123.1003 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sequim scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sequim
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,004 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sequim
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sequim
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sequim
7.4

How Sequim compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sequim risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.7This tracttract 0021006.3Sequimparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 78Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2014)
  • 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53009002100
Filings dropped 17% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sequim

The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 2.0 points above the Clallam County average of 5.7.

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.2/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,004, 16% below the Sequim average. The filing record is not thin: 78 evictions over 9 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 2.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53009002100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53009002100?

Census tract 53009002100 in Sequim scores 7.7/10 (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 53009002100?

Median gross rent is $1,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53009002100?

19.6% of residents in tract 53009002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,834.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53009002100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 85th, minority 43th, housing 100th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53009002100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53009002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53009002100 compare to Sequim overall?

Tract 53009002100 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Sequim at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sequim; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sequim

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

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