Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally
Sehome Eviction Risk: High , Bellingham
Tract 53073001000 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 7,337 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 53073001000 sits in the Sehome area of Bellingham eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.7/10. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,680
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate43.0%
Median income$39,059
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellingham and the region
Centroid at 48.7369, -122.4797 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sehome scores 8.7
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
43.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,417 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Sehome compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 20Total filings over 3 yrs
- 0.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2018)
- 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sehome. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sehome
Against Whatcom County at 49.6%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. It sits 2.8 points above the Whatcom County average of 5.9.
The poverty rate is 43%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $39,059 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10.
This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 3 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,417, 10% below the Bellingham average. The worst year on record was 2018, when 0.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #4,888 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53073001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073001000?
Census tract 53073001000 in the Sehome neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (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 53073001000?
Median gross rent is $1,417/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073001000?
43.0% of residents in tract 53073001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,337.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 14th, minority 50th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 53073001000 considered part of Sehome?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53073001000 fall within Sehome (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53073001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53073001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.52% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53073001000 compare to Bellingham overall?
Tract 53073001000 scores 8.7/10, 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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