South Seattle Eviction Risk: High

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.4 points above the King County average of 6.7. Court records carry 92 eviction filings across 10 observed years.

At $2,218 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Seattle commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 4.5% 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 2.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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