Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Bellingham Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53073000101 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 3,442 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Bellingham
Census tract 53073000101 covers part of Bellingham, WA, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,442 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,400
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$108,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellingham and the region
Centroid at 48.7905, -122.3711 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellingham scores 6.5
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,586 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Bellingham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellingham
63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Whatcom County average of 49.6%. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.3/10.
Against average income of $108,500, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Whatcom County average of 5.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,586, close to the Bellingham average.
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 53073000101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073000101?
Census tract 53073000101 in Bellingham scores 6.5/10 (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 53073000101?
Median gross rent is $1,586/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073000101?
11.0% of residents in tract 53073000101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,442.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073000101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 4th, minority 23th, housing 18th.
Q5
How does tract 53073000101 compare to Bellingham overall?
Tract 53073000101 scores 6.5/10, lower 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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