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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Meadowdale Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lynnwood

Tract 53061051601 · Snohomish County, WA · pop 5,697 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 53061051601 sits in the Meadowdale area of Lynnwood eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It is home to 5,697 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 18% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,931
Renter share34.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$99,503

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Meadowdale
Very High
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Lynnwood
Moderate
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 173 tracts In Snohomish County
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#418 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynnwood and the region

Centroid at 47.8448, -122.3093 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meadowdale scores 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lynnwood
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,804 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lynnwood
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lynnwood
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lynnwood
7.4

How Meadowdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Meadowdale risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 0516016.6Lynnwoodparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 76Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.49%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2008)
  • 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53061051601
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Meadowdale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meadowdale

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Snohomish County average of 5.4.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 76 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.

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 53061051601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53061051601?

Census tract 53061051601 in the Meadowdale neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 53061051601?

Median gross rent is $1,804/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53061051601?

11.8% of residents in tract 53061051601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,697.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53061051601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 52th, minority 73th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 53061051601 considered part of Meadowdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53061051601 fall within Meadowdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53061051601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 53061051601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.49% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53061051601 compare to Lynnwood overall?

Tract 53061051601 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Lynnwood at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lynnwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lynnwood

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

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