Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 53073940001 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53073940001 · Whatcom County, WA · pop 1,815
Tract 53073940001 sits in Whatcom County, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.1/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units758
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$78,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whatcom County and the region
Centroid at 48.8113, -122.6190 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 53073940001 scores 5
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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,470 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 53073940001 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 53073940001
Cost burden runs 41% here against 49.6% across Whatcom County. It sits 0.9 points below the Whatcom County average of 5.9. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3.1/10.
That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Average gross rent runs $1,470 a month.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $78,676.
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 53073940001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53073940001?
Census tract 53073940001 in Whatcom County scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 53073940001?
Median gross rent is $1,470/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53073940001?
12.3% of residents in tract 53073940001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,815.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53073940001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 40th, minority 44th, housing 57th.
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