Tract 53073000700 ·
Whatcom County, WA · pop 7,346 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 53073000700 sits in the Roosevelt area of Bellingham eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.3/10. It is home to 7,346 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%Stable renters 31%Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units3,073
Renter share66.4%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$65,280
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Roosevelt
Moderate
Within parent city
64th percentile
#9 of 23 tracts In Bellingham
Elevated
Within county
85th percentile
#9 of 54 tracts In Whatcom County
High
Within state
95th percentile
#86 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellingham and the region
Centroid at 48.7639, -122.4499 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roosevelt scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,607 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Roosevelt compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
78%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
76%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)
86Total filings over 3 yrs
1.79%Avg annual filing rate
2.3%Peak (2015)
19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2015 to 2018
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roosevelt
It sits 2.4 points above the Whatcom County average of 5.9. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 86 filings here across 3 tracked years. Against Whatcom County at 49.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53073000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073000700?
Census tract 53073000700 in the Roosevelt neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 53073000700?
Median gross rent is $1,607/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073000700?
17.3% of residents in tract 53073000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,346.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 10th, minority 56th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 53073000700 considered part of Roosevelt?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53073000700 fall within Roosevelt (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53073000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53073000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.79% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53073000700 compare to Bellingham overall?
Tract 53073000700 scores 8.3/10, 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.
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