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Neighborhood · Ranked #53,256 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle

Tract 53033004202 · King County, WA · pop 4,688 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 53033004202 sits in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It has a population of 4,688 and an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). 5% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 5% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,643/month against a median household income of $193,092 — roughly 16% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 24% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,871
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate0.9%
Median income$193,092

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#6 of 6 tracts In Hawthorne Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#177 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank — 16th percentileBottomTop
#414 of 494 tracts In King County
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank — 33th percentileBottomTop
#1,196 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6688, -122.2907 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne Hills scores 4.9

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
0.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,643 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 4.94.9This tracttract 004202Seattle: 8.28.2Seattleparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.25.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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.

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Frequently asked

About tract 53033004202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033004202?

Census tract 53033004202 in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 53033004202?

Median gross rent is $2,643/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 5% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033004202?

0.9% of residents in tract 53033004202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,688.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033004202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 2th, minority 31th, housing 61th.

Q5

Is tract 53033004202 considered part of Hawthorne Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033004202 fall within Hawthorne Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How does tract 53033004202 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033004202 scores 4.9/10 — 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.

Q7

Was tract 53033004202 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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