Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Rainier Vista Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033010101 · King County, WA · pop 4,357 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

53033010101 is a census tract in the Rainier Vista area of Seattle, WA. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,357. Average gross rent is $896, 56% below the Seattle average.

Risk score

9.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 25% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units1,759

Renter share62.7%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate30.5%

Median income$46,863

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.5657, -122.2907 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rainier Vista scores 9.3

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

30.5% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

$896 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Rainier Vista compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

69%Socioeconomic
75%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
93%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
0%Grade B
100%Grade C
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rainier Vista. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rainier Vista

Against King County at 44.1%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10. It sits 2.6 points above the King County average of 6.7.

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033010101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033010101?

Census tract 53033010101 in the Rainier Vista neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53033010101?

Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033010101?

30.5% of residents in tract 53033010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,357.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033010101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 75th, minority 77th, housing 93th.

Is tract 53033010101 considered part of Rainier Vista?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033010101 fall within Rainier Vista (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 53033010101 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033010101 scores 9.3/10, higher 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.

Was tract 53033010101 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. 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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