Neighborhood · Ranked #19,870 of 84,120 nationally

Central Business District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033008200 · King County, WA · pop 4,567 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 53033008200 sits in the Central Business District neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It has a population of 4,567 and an eviction-risk score of 6.0/10 (Elevated tier). 38% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 20% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,404/month against a median household income of $135,931 — roughly 21% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

6.0

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 55% Owners 11%

Tract context

Occupied units2,986

Renter share88.6%

SVI overall0.51

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$135,931

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6103, -122.3319 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Business District scores 6.0

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

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$2,404 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 Central Business District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

36%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

319Total filings over 10 yrs
1.82%Avg annual filing rate
2.8%Peak (2006)
23Filings in 2013 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 — 2013

Filings dropped 48% over the past 10 months.

Comparable tracts

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Within Central Business District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033008200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033008200?

Census tract 53033008200 in the Central Business District neighborhood scores 6.0/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53033008200?

Median gross rent is $2,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033008200?

8.0% of residents in tract 53033008200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,567.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033008200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 8th, minority 62th, housing 94th.

Is tract 53033008200 considered part of Central Business District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033008200 fall within Central Business District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033008200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 319 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033008200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

How does tract 53033008200 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033008200 scores 6.0/10 — lower than the parent city of Seattle at 8.2/10. 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 53033008200 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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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