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

Hawthorne Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033004102 · King County, WA · pop 4,099 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 53033004102 sits in the Hawthorne Hills area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. It is home to 4,099 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 20% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,667
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$221,211

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Hawthorne Hills
High
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#147 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#230 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 47.6737, -122.2518 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne Hills 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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,281 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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.
Hawthorne Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 004102Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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.

Comparable tracts

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Within Hawthorne Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne Hills

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.9% against 31.5% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $2,281, 12% above the Seattle average. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $221,211, annual rent is just 12%.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033004102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033004102?

Census tract 53033004102 in the Hawthorne Hills 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 53033004102?

Median gross rent is $2,281/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033004102?

4.4% of residents in tract 53033004102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,099.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033004102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 44th, minority 41th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 53033004102 considered part of Hawthorne Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033004102 fall within Hawthorne Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033004102 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033004102 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.
Q7

Was tract 53033004102 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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