Central Business District Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

It sits 2.0 points above the King County average of 6.7. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 136 evictions over 10 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2005 at 1.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 1.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #4,888 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,951, close to the Seattle average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.