1 census tracts · pop 5,531 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10
· range 8–8
Cascade Highlands maps to a single census tract in Vancouver, WA and houses 5,531 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs 60% against 31.8% citywide, putting Cascade Highlands 27.8% over its own city.
29% 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 poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The filing record is not thin: 182 evictions logged in this tract.
The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 3.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.7% in 2018, is well off that peak.
Among the 39 mapped neighborhoods of Vancouver, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Esther Short and Landover-Sharmel score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,687, close to the Vancouver average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $70,135.
58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cascade Highlands vs VancouverHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport84%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cascade Highlands
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
182Total filings (sum)
1.77%Avg annual filing rate
3.0%Peak year (2004)
1.67%Latest filed (2018)
Frequently asked
About Cascade Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cascade Highlands?
Cascade Highlands scores 8/10 (High tier) across 1 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.
Q2
How does Cascade Highlands compare to Vancouver overall?
Cascade Highlands scores 1.4 points higher than Vancouver overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,687 vs $1,702.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cascade Highlands?
Average gross rent in Cascade Highlands is $1,687/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cascade Highlands residents are renters?
58% of Cascade Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Vancouver). The neighborhood has 5,531 residents.
Q5
Is Cascade Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Cascade Highlands sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cascade Highlands for landlords?
Cascade Highlands carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Vancouver as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cascade Highlands?
Cascade Highlands has 5,878 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47.1%), Hispanic / Latino (32.4%), Other / Multiracial (10.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
