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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Kenwood Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033000101 · King County, WA · pop 3,399 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 53033000101 covers part of the Kenwood area of Seattle, WA, and scores 8.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,399. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 46% Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,730
Renter share90.8%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$69,028

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Kenwood
Moderate
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#35 of 177 tracts In Seattle
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#37 of 494 tracts In King County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.7301, -122.2931 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kenwood scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Seattle
9.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,805 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Seattle
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Seattle
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Seattle
8.5

How Kenwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 000101Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kenwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kenwood

91% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 2.1 points above the King County average of 6.7. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Against King County at 44.1%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,805, 11% below the Seattle average.

On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $69,028.

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 53033000101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033000101?

Census tract 53033000101 in the Kenwood neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 53033000101?

Median gross rent is $1,805/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033000101?

6.0% of residents in tract 53033000101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,399.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033000101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 12th, minority 69th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 53033000101 considered part of Kenwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033000101 fall within Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033000101 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033000101 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Seattle at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Seattle eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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