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Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 53073010701 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 53073010701 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 6,333

Tract 53073010701 sits in Whatcom County, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. Population here is 6,333. Against the Whatcom County average of 5.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.4 points.

Risk score
3.5
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 county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 54 tracts In Whatcom County
Very Low
Within state
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#1,592 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
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 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Tract 53073010701 risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 0107015.9Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)
Filings by year 2015 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53073010701
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 53073010701

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 16 filings here across 3 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2018, when 2.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $108,051, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.4 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53073010701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073010701?

Census tract 53073010701 in Whatcom County scores 3.5/10 (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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