2 census tracts · pop 6,317 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10
· range 6.8–6.9
Charleston is a 2-tract neighborhood of Bremerton, WA, population 6,317. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.9/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Against a Bremerton baseline of 32.9%, 45% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.9/10. The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2/10. Filings are well documented here: 52 across 2 observed tracts.
At $1,429 a month, rents sit 13% under what the rest of Bremerton commands. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 4.3% of renter households. That places it #5 of 7 neighborhoods in Bremerton.
Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Manette and Enetai score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $87,685, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.1 points apart at the extremes.
40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Charleston vs BremertonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Charleston
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
52Total filings (sum)
3.07%Avg annual filing rate
4.3%Peak year (2015)
3.07%Latest filed (2015)
Frequently asked
About Charleston
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Charleston?
Charleston scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 Charleston compare to Bremerton overall?
Charleston scores 0.3 points higher than Bremerton overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,429 vs $1,641.
Q3
What is the average rent in Charleston?
Average gross rent in Charleston is $1,429/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Charleston residents are renters?
40% of Charleston households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Bremerton). The neighborhood has 6,317 residents.
Q5
Is Charleston a high social-vulnerability area?
Charleston sits in the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Charleston have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Charleston is census tract 53035081100 (score 6.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 6.9, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Charleston for landlords?
Charleston carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). 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 Bremerton as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Charleston?
Charleston has 6,227 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (69.6%), Other / Multiracial (12.1%), Hispanic / Latino (10.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
