Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Westlake Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033006800 · King County, WA · pop 3,249 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 53033006800 covers part of the Westlake area of Seattle, WA, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,249. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,631
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$173,295
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6360, -122.3565 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westlake scores 7
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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,113 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 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.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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.
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)
- 20Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2007)
- 1Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westlake. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlake
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Against King County at 44.1%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
Disability prevalence runs 15.8% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 9 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2007 at 0.8% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. In a typical year about 0.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033006800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033006800?
Census tract 53033006800 in the Westlake 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 53033006800?
Median gross rent is $2,113/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033006800?
5.0% of residents in tract 53033006800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,249.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033006800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 3th, minority 36th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 53033006800 considered part of Westlake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033006800 fall within Westlake (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033006800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033006800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.41% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033006800 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033006800 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.
Q8
Was tract 53033006800 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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