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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Lavilla Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033002200 · King County, WA · pop 5,955 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 53033002200 covers part of the Lavilla area of Seattle, WA, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,955 residents. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the King County average of 44.1%.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 18% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,366
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$189,344

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lavilla
Moderate
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#143 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#231 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#487 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6941, -122.2755 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lavilla scores 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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,916 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Lavilla compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lavilla risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 002200Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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)

  • 20Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 1.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2012)
  • 4Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330022002004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 2 filings (0.60/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (0.60/100 renter HHs)2007: 1 filings (0.30/100 renter HHs)2008: 2 filings (0.60/100 renter HHs)2009: 3 filings (0.90/100 renter HHs)2010: 1 filings (0.32/100 renter HHs)2011: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (3.07/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (2.45/100 renter HHs)
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lavilla

Average gross rent is $2,916, 44% above the Seattle average. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Disability prevalence runs 17.9% against 31.5% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 8 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 3.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033002200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033002200?

Census tract 53033002200 in the Lavilla neighborhood scores 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 53033002200?

Median gross rent is $2,916/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033002200?

5.4% of residents in tract 53033002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,955.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 42th, minority 48th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 53033002200 considered part of Lavilla?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033002200 fall within Lavilla (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033002200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 53033002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.11% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033002200 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033002200 scores 7/10, 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.
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