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

Licton Springs Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033002700 · King County, WA · pop 6,141 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 53033002700 sits in the Licton Springs area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. It is home to 6,141 residents. Average gross rent is $3,238, 60% above the Seattle average.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 18% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,426
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$220,329

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Licton Springs
Very Low
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#137 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#225 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 47.6869, -122.3311 · click any tract to drill in

Why Licton Springs 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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,238 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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.
Licton Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 002700Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 4

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 27Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 0.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.2%Peak (2005)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330027002004: 2 filings (0.27/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (0.31/100 renter HHs)2007: 6 filings (0.92/100 renter HHs)2008: 3 filings (0.46/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (0.15/100 renter HHs)2010: 1 filings (0.13/100 renter HHs)2011: 2 filings (0.27/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.13/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (0.13/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% 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

29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the King County average of 44.1%. The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.0% against 31.5% nationally.

The voucher gap is 21.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 filings here across 10 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2005, when 1.2% of renter households were served. 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 0.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033002700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033002700?

Census tract 53033002700 in the Licton Springs 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 53033002700?

Median gross rent is $3,238/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033002700?

5.0% of residents in tract 53033002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,141.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 11th, minority 44th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 53033002700 considered part of Licton Springs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033002700 fall within Licton Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033002700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033002700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.40% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033002700 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033002700 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.
Q8

Was tract 53033002700 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

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

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