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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Loyal Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle

Tract 53033003100 · King County, WA · pop 6,729 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 53033003100 belongs to the Loyal Heights area of Seattle, Washington. It is home to 6,729 residents and scores 5.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,323 a month while the average household earns $186,563 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 19% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,710
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$186,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Loyal Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#139 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Low
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#251 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#1,067 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6878, -122.3964 · click any tract to drill in

Why Loyal Heights scores 4

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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,323 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Loyal Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Loyal Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 003100Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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)

  • 17Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 0.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2008)
  • 1Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330031002004: 3 filings (0.53/100 renter HHs)2005: 1 filings (0.27/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (0.27/100 renter HHs)2007: 3 filings (0.82/100 renter HHs)2008: 4 filings (1.09/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (0.54/100 renter HHs)2010: 1 filings (0.16/100 renter HHs)2011: 1 filings (0.19/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.19/100 renter HHs)2013: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Loyal Heights

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Seattle eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the King County average of 5.5 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033003100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033003100?

Census tract 53033003100 in the Loyal Heights neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 53033003100?

Median gross rent is $2,323/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033003100?

4.4% of residents in tract 53033003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,729.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033003100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 17th, minority 33th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 53033003100 considered part of Loyal Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033003100 fall within Loyal Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033003100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.45% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033003100 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033003100 scores 4/10, 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 53033003100 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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