Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Lettered Streets Eviction Risk: High , Bellingham
Tract 53073000502 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 2,891 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
53073000502 is a census tract in the Lettered Streets area of Bellingham, WA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 65% here against 49.6% across Whatcom County.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,434
Renter share60.9%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$64,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellingham and the region
Centroid at 48.7562, -122.4853 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lettered Streets scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellingham
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,306 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellingham
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellingham
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellingham
8.1
How Lettered Streets compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
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)
- 13Total filings over 3 yrs
- 0.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%Peak (2018)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lettered Streets
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10. Against the Whatcom County average of 5.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
Average gross rent is $1,306, 17% below the Bellingham average. Court records carry 13 eviction filings across 3 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 0.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $64,167. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53073000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073000502?
Census tract 53073000502 in the Lettered Streets neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 53073000502?
Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073000502?
14.4% of residents in tract 53073000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,891.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 12th, minority 43th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 53073000502 considered part of Lettered Streets?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53073000502 fall within Lettered Streets (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53073000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53073000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.51% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53073000502 compare to Bellingham overall?
Tract 53073000502 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Bellingham at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bellingham
Top eight tracts in Bellingham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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