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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Alaska Junction Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033009802 · King County, WA · pop 3,970 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.9/10, tract 53033009802 in the Alaska Junction area of Seattle, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,970 residents. 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 26% Stable renters 22% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,825
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$130,197

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Alaska Junction
Very Low
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#152 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#250 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#526 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.5672, -122.3831 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alaska Junction scores 6.9

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
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,757 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Alaska Junction compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alaska Junction risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 009802Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Alaska Junction. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alaska Junction

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against King County at 44.1%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Disability prevalence runs 17.5% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,757 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Seattle commands.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $130,197, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033009802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033009802?

Census tract 53033009802 in the Alaska Junction 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 53033009802?

Median gross rent is $1,757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033009802?

3.3% of residents in tract 53033009802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,970.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033009802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 10th, minority 37th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 53033009802 considered part of Alaska Junction?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033009802 fall within Alaska Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033009802 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033009802 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.
Q7

Was tract 53033009802 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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