Neighborhood · Orchards, WA

Sifton Eviction Risk: Elevated

3 census tracts · pop 11,392 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.8/10 · range 6.2–7.2

Sifton takes in 3 census tracts of Orchards, WA, population 11,392. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.8/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Against a Orchards baseline of 29.0%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

19% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.2 to 7.2, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.

Filings are well documented here: 187 across 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 11.5% of renter households. At $1,631 a month, rents sit 9% under what the rest of Orchards commands.

The most recent observed rate, 1.1% in 2018, is well off that peak. The closest comparables inside the same city are Orchards and Proebstel. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $89,280.

35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

3 tracts · population-weighted

Sifton vs Orchards How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

43.3% +49%

Orchards: 29.0%

Average gross rent

$1,631 -9%

Orchards: $1,784

Average HH income

$89,280 -8%

Orchards: $96,893

Poverty rate

14.2% +30%

Orchards: 10.9%

Renter share

35.2% +4%

Orchards: 33.7%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sifton and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 6.2–7.2

Why Sifton scores 6.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.3–5.3 across tracts

5.3

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts

5.7

Rent control risk

43% of income on rent · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

35% renter households · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts

7.0

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts

6.2

Economic stress

14.2% below poverty line · Range 3.1–4.2 across tracts

3.5

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.3–4.2 across tracts

3.1

Risk score comparison

Sifton vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Sifton?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 1 points from 6.2 to 7.2. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

7.2 6.7 6.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Sifton

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
53011040706	7.2	4,436	41%	$1,460
53011040707	6.7	3,740	27%	$1,838
53011040711	6.2	3,216	66%	$1,626

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 70

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 61%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 72%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 48%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 70%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sifton

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

187Total filings (sum)
2.11%Avg annual filing rate
11.5%Peak year (2009)
1.06%Latest filed (2018)

Frequently asked

About Sifton

What is the eviction-risk score for Sifton?

Sifton scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Sifton compare to Orchards overall?

Sifton scores 0.9 points higher than Orchards overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,631 vs $1,784.

What is the average rent in Sifton?

Average gross rent in Sifton is $1,631/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Sifton residents are renters?

35% of Sifton households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Orchards). The neighborhood has 11,392 residents.

Is Sifton a high social-vulnerability area?

Sifton sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Sifton have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Sifton is census tract 53011040706 (score 7.2/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.2 to 7.2, a spread of 1 points.

How safe is Sifton for landlords?

Sifton carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Orchards as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Sifton?

Sifton has 11,242 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (64.3%), Hispanic / Latino (22.9%), Other / Multiracial (9.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Sifton

5.4 Orchards 2 tracts · pop 11,280 6.8 Burnt Bridge Creek 2 tracts · pop 6,143 5.2 Union 2 tracts · pop 11,190 5.1 Green Meadows 2 tracts · pop 7,376 8 Kevanna Park 2 tracts · pop 5,942 6.5 Vancouver Mall 3 tracts · pop 13,336

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Orchards

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Sifton.

5.4 Orchards 2 tracts · pop 11,280 4.8 Proebstel 1 tracts · pop 7,148

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