Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Interbay Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033005901 · King County, WA · pop 3,832 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

53033005901 is a census tract in the Interbay area of Seattle, WA. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the King County average of 44.1%.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 44% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,233

Renter share57.0%

SVI overall0.20

Poverty rate7.7%

Median income$158,074

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6531, -122.3696 · click any tract to drill in

Why Interbay scores 7.3

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

7.7% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$2,038 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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 Interbay 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.

23%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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
17%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 Interbay. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Interbay

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.3% against 31.5% nationally. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $158,074, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely. Average gross rent is $2,038, close to the Seattle average. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033005901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033005901?

Census tract 53033005901 in the Interbay neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53033005901?

Median gross rent is $2,038/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033005901?

7.7% of residents in tract 53033005901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,832.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033005901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 0th, minority 53th, housing 89th.

Is tract 53033005901 considered part of Interbay?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033005901 fall within Interbay (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 53033005901 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033005901 scores 7.3/10, 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.

Was tract 53033005901 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.

Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Seattle ranked by composite eviction-risk score.