Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Hawthorne Hills Eviction Risk: High , Seattle
Tract 53033004000 · King County, WA · pop 3,153 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 8.3/10, tract 53033004000 in the Hawthorne Hills area of Seattle, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,153 residents. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,420
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$122,368
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6802, -122.2516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hawthorne Hills scores 8.3
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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,582 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Hawthorne Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%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
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)
- 26Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hawthorne Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne Hills
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
It sits 1.6 points above the King County average of 6.7. Against King County at 44.1%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened.
Average gross rent is $1,582, 22% below the Seattle average. Court records carry 26 eviction filings across 9 observed years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 1.9% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033004000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033004000?
Census tract 53033004000 in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High 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 53033004000?
Median gross rent is $1,582/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033004000?
14.6% of residents in tract 53033004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,153.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033004000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 47th, minority 42th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 53033004000 considered part of Hawthorne Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033004000 fall within Hawthorne Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033004000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033004000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.90% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033004000 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033004000 scores 8.3/10, higher 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 53033004000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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