Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally
Japantown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033008500 · King County, WA · pop 4,314 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 6.5/10 for census tract 53033008500 reflects conditions in the Japantown area of Seattle, Washington. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,740 a month while the average household earns $69,148 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 90% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,997
Renter share90.1%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate31.8%
Median income$69,148
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6050, -122.3250 · click any tract to drill in
Why Japantown scores 7.1
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
31.8% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,740 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Japantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 57%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)
- 225Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2005)
- 13Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Japantown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Japantown
The score leans hardest on 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 57% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 225 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.5% of renter households in 2005.
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 53033008500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033008500?
Census tract 53033008500 in the Japantown neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 53033008500?
Median gross rent is $1,740/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033008500?
31.8% of residents in tract 53033008500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,314.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033008500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 64th, minority 64th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 53033008500 considered part of Japantown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033008500 fall within Japantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033008500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 225 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033008500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033008500 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033008500 scores 7.1/10, 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 53033008500 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. 57% 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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