Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally
Licton Springs Eviction Risk: High , Seattle
Tract 53033001300 · King County, WA · pop 4,882 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
53033001300 is a census tract in the Licton Springs area of Seattle, WA. It scores 9.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,882. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
9.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,464
Renter share59.3%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$93,355
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.7023, -122.3422 · click any tract to drill in
Why Licton Springs scores 9.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,499 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Licton Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 149Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2005)
- 10Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Licton Springs. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Licton Springs
It sits 2.5 points above the King County average of 6.7. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
At $1,499 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Seattle commands. Cost burden runs 36% here against 44.1% across King County.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 149 filings here across 10 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 1.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10.
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 53033001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033001300?
Census tract 53033001300 in the Licton Springs neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (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 53033001300?
Median gross rent is $1,499/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033001300?
16.1% of residents in tract 53033001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,882.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 15th, minority 64th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 53033001300 considered part of Licton Springs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033001300 fall within Licton Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033001300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.03% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033001300 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033001300 scores 9.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Seattle
Top eight tracts in Seattle ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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South Lake Union
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Rainier Beach
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Japantown
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Little Saigon
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Rainier Vista
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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