Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 53073010701 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53073010701 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 6,333
Census tract 53073010701 belongs to Whatcom, Washington. It is home to 6,333 residents and scores 4.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $958 a month against an average household income of $108,051 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,396
Renter share18.4%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$108,051
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whatcom County and the region
Centroid at 48.8825, -122.4248 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 53073010701 scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$958 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 53073010701 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 36%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)
- 16Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2018)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 53073010701
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Washington eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Whatcom County average of 5.2 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 16 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53073010701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073010701?
Census tract 53073010701 in Whatcom County scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 53073010701?
Median gross rent is $958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073010701?
6.2% of residents in tract 53073010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,333.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073010701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 33th, minority 36th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53073010701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53073010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.37% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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