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Neighborhood · Arlington, WA

Sweet Water Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 5,909 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10 · range 4.9–4.9

Sweet Water maps to a single census tract in Arlington, WA and houses 5,909 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, Moderate tier. Against a Arlington baseline of 33.4%, 68% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. 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.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 14 evictions logged in this tract.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.6/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 2.1% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 1.2% in 2016, is well off that peak. Average gross rent is $2,033, 7% above the Arlington average of $1,905.

Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Arlington, it ranks #4 by risk, the lower third. Only 19% 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, The Bluff at Arlinton and Campbell & Roach Add score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 4.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sweet Water vs Arlington How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
68.2% +104%
Arlington: 33.4%
Average gross rent
$2,033 +7%
Arlington: $1,905
Average HH income
$137,738 +62%
Arlington: $84,919
Poverty rate
2.7% -75%
Arlington: 11.0%
Renter share
19.0% -50%
Arlington: 37.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sweet Water and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4.9–4.9

Why Sweet Water scores 4.9

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 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.4–6.4 across tracts
6.4
Rent control risk
68% of income on rent · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
19% renter households · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Economic stress
2.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.6–2.6 across tracts
2.6
Risk score comparison

Sweet Water vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Sweet Water score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.9Sweet WaterNeighborhood6.1Parent cityhost city6.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Sweet Water

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53061053507 4.9 5,909 68% $2,033
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 8

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 9%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 48%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 6%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sweet Water

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 14Total filings (sum)
  • 1.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.1%Peak year (2014)
  • 1.21%Latest filed (2016)
Frequently asked

About Sweet Water

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Sweet Water?

Sweet Water scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 Sweet Water compare to Arlington overall?

Sweet Water scores 1.2 points lower than Arlington overall (6.1/10). Renters spend 68% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $2,033 vs $1,905.
Q3

What is the average rent in Sweet Water?

Average gross rent in Sweet Water is $2,033/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Sweet Water residents are renters?

19% of Sweet Water households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Arlington). The neighborhood has 5,909 residents.
Q5

Is Sweet Water a high social-vulnerability area?

Sweet Water sits in the 8th 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

How safe is Sweet Water for landlords?

Sweet Water carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). 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 Arlington as a whole (6.1/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Sweet Water?

Sweet Water has 5,976 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.3%), Hispanic / Latino (13.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (10.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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