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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53057951700 · Skagit County, WA · pop 4,181 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Burlington

With a score of 7/10, tract 53057951700 in Burlington, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,181. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Skagit County average of 44.2%.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 10% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,645
Renter share33.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$77,971

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Burlington
Moderate
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 41 tracts In Skagit County
High
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#487 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

Centroid at 48.4672, -122.3221 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Burlington
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,525 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burlington
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burlington
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burlington
6.7

How Burlington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Burlington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 951700Burlington: 6.66.6Burlingtonparent cityCounty: 5.45.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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)

  • 20Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%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 Burlington

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. It sits 1.6 points above the Skagit County average of 5.4.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 2 tracked years.

At $1,525 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Burlington commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53057951700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53057951700?

Census tract 53057951700 in Burlington scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 53057951700?

Median gross rent is $1,525/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53057951700?

13.5% of residents in tract 53057951700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,181.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53057951700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 95th, minority 42th, housing 74th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53057951700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 53057951700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53057951700 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 53057951700 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Burlington at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burlington

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

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