Within neighborhood
22
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
South Lake Union Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle
Tract 53033006600 · King County, WA · pop 4,224 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The South Lake Union area of Seattle is where census tract 53033006600 sits, home to 4,224 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,166 a month against an average household income of $136,747 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 75% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,464
Renter share75.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$136,747
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6281, -122.3313 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Lake Union scores 4.4
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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$2,166 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 South Lake Union compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 45%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 15%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)
- 74Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%Peak (2006)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 71% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Lake Union. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Lake Union
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Seattle eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the King County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 74 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 0.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.7% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033006600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033006600?
Census tract 53033006600 in the South Lake Union neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 53033006600?
Median gross rent is $2,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033006600?
10.3% of residents in tract 53033006600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,224.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033006600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 0th, minority 42th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 53033006600 considered part of South Lake Union?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033006600 fall within South Lake Union (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033006600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033006600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.48% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033006600 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033006600 scores 4.4/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 53033006600 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. 15% 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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