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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Little Saigon Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle

Tract 53033008800 · King County, WA · pop 4,274 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

For landlords sizing up Little Saigon in Seattle, census tract 53033008800 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #11,720 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,138 monthly, set against $134,522 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 24% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,771
Renter share46.6%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$134,522

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Little Saigon
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#53 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Elevated
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#112 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#667 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6073, -122.2976 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Saigon scores 5

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
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$2,138 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Little Saigon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Saigon risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 008800Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

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.

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)

  • 127Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.0%Peak (2005)
  • 10Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330088002004: 9 filings (1.47/100 renter HHs)2005: 19 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 17 filings (2.64/100 renter HHs)2007: 11 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2008: 11 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2010: 15 filings (2.37/100 renter HHs)2011: 8 filings (1.09/100 renter HHs)2012: 11 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)2013: 10 filings (1.36/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Little Saigon. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Saigon

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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 84% 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 53033008800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033008800?

Census tract 53033008800 in the Little Saigon neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 53033008800?

Median gross rent is $2,138/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033008800?

17.4% of residents in tract 53033008800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,274.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033008800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 16th, minority 55th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 53033008800 considered part of Little Saigon?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033008800 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033008800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 127 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033008800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.93% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033008800 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033008800 scores 5/10, 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 53033008800 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. 84% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Seattle

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

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