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

Uptown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033008004 · King County, WA · pop 3,060 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

53033008004 is a census tract in the Uptown area of Seattle, WA. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,060 residents. Against King County at 44.1%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 47% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,152
Renter share63.6%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$187,179

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Uptown
Very Low
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 494 tracts In King County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#348 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6151, -122.3552 · click any tract to drill in

Why Uptown 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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,400 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Uptown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Uptown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 008004Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Uptown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Uptown

The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 13.9% against 31.5% nationally.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $2,400, 18% above the Seattle average.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $187,179, 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. 64% 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 53033008004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033008004?

Census tract 53033008004 in the Uptown 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 53033008004?

Median gross rent is $2,400/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033008004?

7.0% of residents in tract 53033008004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,060.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033008004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 2th, minority 59th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 53033008004 considered part of Uptown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033008004 fall within Uptown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033008004 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033008004 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Seattle

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

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