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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Foy Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033000402 · King County, WA · pop 5,421 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 53033000402 sits in the Foy area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 30% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,664
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$99,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Foy
Very Low
Within parent city
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#88 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Moderate
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#137 of 494 tracts In King County
Elevated
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#225 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.7169, -122.3524 · click any tract to drill in

Why Foy scores 7.7

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
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,777 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Foy compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Foy risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.77.7This tracttract 000402Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 88Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 0.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2006)
  • 7Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330004022004: 12 filings (1.09/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (0.56/100 renter HHs)2006: 14 filings (1.13/100 renter HHs)2007: 10 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2008: 2 filings (0.16/100 renter HHs)2009: 7 filings (0.56/100 renter HHs)2010: 9 filings (0.72/100 renter HHs)2011: 13 filings (1.04/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (0.56/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (0.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Foy. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Foy

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Court records carry 88 eviction filings across 10 observed years.

Cost burden runs 40% here against 44.1% across King County. At $1,777 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Seattle commands. Filings peaked in 2006 at 1.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033000402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033000402?

Census tract 53033000402 in the Foy neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 53033000402?

Median gross rent is $1,777/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033000402?

3.6% of residents in tract 53033000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,421.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033000402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 78th, minority 38th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 53033000402 considered part of Foy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033000402 fall within Foy (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033000402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033000402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.72% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033000402 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033000402 scores 7.7/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Seattle

Top eight tracts in Seattle ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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