Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Whittier Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033003302 · King County, WA · pop 3,949 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 53033003302 sits in the Whittier Heights area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. Cost burden runs 27% here against 44.1% across King County.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,711
Renter share53.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$162,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6760, -122.3713 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittier Heights scores 7.7
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
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,305 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 52%Grade B
- 35%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whittier Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittier Heights
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.4% against 31.5% nationally.
It sits 1.0 points above the King County average of 6.7. At $2,305 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Seattle commands.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Seattle. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.8/10. Against average income of $162,083, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033003302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033003302?
Census tract 53033003302 in the Whittier Heights neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 53033003302?
Median gross rent is $2,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033003302?
11.8% of residents in tract 53033003302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033003302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 5th, minority 37th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 53033003302 considered part of Whittier Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033003302 fall within Whittier Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 53033003302 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033003302 scores 7.7/10, right in line with 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.
Q7
Was tract 53033003302 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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