Neighborhood · Ranked #34,663 of 84,120 nationally

Whittier Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle

Tract 53033003000 · King County, WA · pop 6,394 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 53033003000 sits in the Whittier Heights neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It has a population of 6,394 and an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). 26% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 11% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,398/month against a median household income of $188,229 — roughly 15% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 25% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units2,758

Renter share34.5%

SVI overall0.06

Poverty rate3.2%

Median income$188,229

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6851, -122.3740 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whittier Heights scores 5.5

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

3.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,398 rent vs county FMR

4.0

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 Whittier Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

1%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
30%Racial/ethnic minority
40%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
98%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

47Total filings over 9 yrs
0.74%Avg annual filing rate
1.2%Peak (2005)
2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 — 2013

Filings dropped 50% over the past 10 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whittier Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033003000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033003000?

Census tract 53033003000 in the Whittier Heights neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53033003000?

Median gross rent is $2,398/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033003000?

3.2% of residents in tract 53033003000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,394.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033003000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 6th, minority 30th, housing 40th.

Is tract 53033003000 considered part of Whittier Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033003000 fall within Whittier Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033003000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033003000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.74% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

How does tract 53033003000 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033003000 scores 5.5/10 — lower than the parent city of Seattle at 8.2/10. 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.

Was tract 53033003000 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.

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