Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Licton Springs Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033001900 · King County, WA · pop 5,061 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 53033001900 sits in the Licton Springs area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 5,061 residents. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,286
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$139,697
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6965, -122.3262 · click any tract to drill in
Why Licton Springs scores 7.1
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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,338 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Licton Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 39Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2011)
- 6Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Disability prevalence runs 17.8% against 31.5% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 39 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $2,338, 15% above the Seattle average. Filings peaked in 2011 at 0.8% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 53033001900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033001900?
Census tract 53033001900 in the Licton Springs neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 53033001900?
Median gross rent is $2,338/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033001900?
6.2% of residents in tract 53033001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,061.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033001900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 34th, minority 50th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 53033001900 considered part of Licton Springs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033001900 fall within Licton Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033001900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.74% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033001900 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033001900 scores 7.1/10, lower 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.
Q8
Was tract 53033001900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Seattle
Top eight tracts in Seattle ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Rainier Vista
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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NewHolly
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · WA
Licton Springs
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · WA
Kenwood
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Little Saigon
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Pinehurst
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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West Campus
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Chinatown
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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