Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Alki Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033009702 · King County, WA · pop 5,972 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
53033009702 is a census tract in the Alki area of Seattle, WA. It scores 6.9/10 for landlords. The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,319
Renter share26.2%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$171,696
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.5719, -122.3960 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alki scores 6.9
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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,334 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Alki compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 27%Grade B
- 63%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 31Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2005)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Alki. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alki
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.8% against 31.5% nationally.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 31 filings here across 10 tracked years. At $2,334 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Seattle commands.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 44.1% across King County. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 1.4% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 0.8% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033009702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033009702?
Census tract 53033009702 in the Alki neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 53033009702?
Median gross rent is $2,334/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033009702?
3.9% of residents in tract 53033009702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,972.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033009702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 9th, minority 25th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 53033009702 considered part of Alki?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033009702 fall within Alki (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033009702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033009702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.76% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033009702 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033009702 scores 6.9/10, 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 53033009702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 2% 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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