2 census tracts · pop 9,541 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.7/10
· range 8.7–8.7
Sehome takes in 2 census tracts of Bellingham, WA, population 9,541. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.7/10, in the High tier. 65% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Bellingham rate of 37.2%.
The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 9.6/10.
The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10. Filings are well documented here: 44 across 2 observed tracts.
Average gross rent is $1,361, 14% below the Bellingham average of $1,577. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 1.0% of renter households.
That places it #1 of 13 neighborhoods in Bellingham. Judgments average 0.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.7
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Sehome vs BellinghamHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority49%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport99%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sehome
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
44Total filings (sum)
0.58%Avg annual filing rate
1.0%Peak year (2018)
0.92%Latest filed (2018)
Frequently asked
About Sehome
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sehome?
Sehome scores 8.7/10 (High tier) across 2 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 Sehome compare to Bellingham overall?
Sehome scores 1.4 points higher than Bellingham overall (7.3/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,361 vs $1,577.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sehome?
Average gross rent in Sehome is $1,361/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sehome residents are renters?
84% of Sehome households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Bellingham). The neighborhood has 9,541 residents.
Q5
Is Sehome a high social-vulnerability area?
Sehome sits in the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Sehome have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sehome is census tract 53073001000 (score 8.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.7 to 8.7, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Sehome for landlords?
Sehome carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Bellingham as a whole (7.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sehome?
Sehome has 9,354 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.5%), Hispanic / Latino (15.5%), Other / Multiracial (9.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
