Blue Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Against King County at 44.1%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Disability prevalence runs 17.9% against 31.5% nationally. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 10 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,268, 12% above the Seattle average.

The worst year on record was 2005, when 2.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $229,808, annual rent is just 12%.

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