Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Central Business District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle

Tract 53033007502 · King County, WA · pop 2,482 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Central Business District in Seattle is where census tract 53033007502 sits, home to 2,482 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than about 73% of US census tracts.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,050 a month while the average household earns $104,906 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 82% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 50% Owners 19%

Tract context

Occupied units2,313

Renter share81.5%

SVI overall0.34

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$104,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6176, -122.3168 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Business District 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

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$2,050 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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 Central Business District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

46%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
69%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
0%Grade B
88%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 Central Business District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Business District

What moves this score most is 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.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 34th 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.

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

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033007502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033007502?

Census tract 53033007502 in the Central Business District 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.

What is the average rent in tract 53033007502?

Median gross rent is $2,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033007502?

9.9% of residents in tract 53033007502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,482.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033007502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 2th, minority 68th, housing 69th.

Is tract 53033007502 considered part of Central Business District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033007502 fall within Central Business District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 53033007502 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033007502 scores 4.9/10, 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 53033007502 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.

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