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Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Anacortes Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 53057940500 · Skagit County, WA · pop 2,702

For landlords sizing up Anacortes, census tract 53057940500 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than about 40% of US census tracts.

About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,202 monthly, set against $62,292 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 26% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$62,292

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Anacortes
High
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#24 of 41 tracts In Skagit County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#781 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,578 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Anacortes and the region

Centroid at 48.4954, -122.6167 · click any tract to drill in

Why Anacortes scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Anacortes
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,202 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Anacortes
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Anacortes
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Anacortes
5.1

How Anacortes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Anacortes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 940500Anacortes: 6.76.7Anacortesparent cityCounty: 4.84.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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)

  • 16Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 1.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2016)
  • 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Anacortes

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Anacortes, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Skagit County average of 5.0 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 16 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.6% of renter households in 2016.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53057940500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53057940500?

Census tract 53057940500 in Anacortes scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 53057940500?

Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53057940500?

14.0% of residents in tract 53057940500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53057940500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 95th, minority 33th, housing 81th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53057940500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 53057940500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.18% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53057940500 compare to Anacortes overall?

Tract 53057940500 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Anacortes at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Anacortes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Anacortes

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

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