Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Westlake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle

Tract 53033006703 · King County, WA · pop 3,217 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 53033006703 covers the Westlake area of Seattle, home to 3,217 residents. For landlords it grades 5.9/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,275 monthly, set against $124,254 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 26% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units1,918

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.09

Poverty rate3.9%

Median income$124,254

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6345, -122.3474 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westlake scores 4.1

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

3.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,275 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 Westlake 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.

8%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
51%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
74%Grade B
13%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 Westlake. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westlake

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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 53033006703

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033006703?

Census tract 53033006703 in the Westlake neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53033006703?

Median gross rent is $2,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033006703?

3.9% of residents in tract 53033006703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,217.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033006703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 2th, minority 49th, housing 51th.

Is tract 53033006703 considered part of Westlake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033006703 fall within Westlake (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 53033006703 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033006703 scores 4.1/10, 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 53033006703 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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