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Neighborhood · Bellevue, WA

Idylwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 9,897 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10 · range 5.7–6

Idylwood spans 2 census tracts of Bellevue, WA, population 9,897. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, Moderate tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.2/10.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Filings are well documented here: 50 across 2 observed tracts.

Severe burden reaches 10%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, slightly above the Bellevue rate of 23.4%. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 1.8% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 0.5% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #21 of 21 neighborhoods in Bellevue.

Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Spyglass Hill and Northup score within a fraction of it.

Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Its 2 tracts score within 0.3 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

With little internal variation, 5.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Idylwood vs Bellevue How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
26.8% +15%
Bellevue: 23.4%
Average gross rent
$2,689 +5%
Bellevue: $2,572
Average HH income
$198,669 +23%
Bellevue: $161,300
Poverty rate
4.5% -38%
Bellevue: 7.3%
Renter share
22.0% -54%
Bellevue: 48.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Idylwood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.7–6

Why Idylwood scores 5.8

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 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.0–7.9 across tracts
7.6
Rent control risk
27% of income on rent · Range 3.2–7.0 across tracts
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–7.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
22% renter households · Range 6.0–9.4 across tracts
8.3
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.4–7.5 across tracts
4.7
Economic stress
4.5% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.3 across tracts
1.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.6–8.1 across tracts
5.0
Risk score comparison

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

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Idylwood score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Idylwood: 5.85.8IdylwoodNeighborhoodParent city: 7.07.0Parent cityhost cityState: 6.16.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Idylwood

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033022901 6 3,176 30% $3,501
53033022902 5.7 6,721 25% $2,305
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 19

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 7%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 33%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Idylwood

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 50Total filings (sum)
  • 0.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.8%Peak year (2006)
  • 0.54%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Idylwood

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Idylwood?

Idylwood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Idylwood compare to Bellevue overall?

Idylwood scores 1.2 points lower than Bellevue overall (7/10). Renters spend 27% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $2,689 vs $2,572.
Q3

What is the average rent in Idylwood?

Average gross rent in Idylwood is $2,689/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Idylwood residents are renters?

22% of Idylwood households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Bellevue). The neighborhood has 9,897 residents.
Q5

Is Idylwood a high social-vulnerability area?

Idylwood sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Idylwood have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Idylwood is census tract 53033022901 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 6, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Idylwood for landlords?

Idylwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Bellevue as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Idylwood?

Idylwood has 9,930 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (64.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.2%), Other / Multiracial (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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