Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Columbia City Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033010301 · King County, WA · pop 4,036 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 53033010301 covers part of the Columbia City area of Seattle, WA, and scores 8.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,036. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 16% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,575

Renter share33.1%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate18.0%

Median income$129,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.5522, -122.2806 · click any tract to drill in

Why Columbia City scores 8.5

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

18.0% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$2,566 rent vs county FMR

4.6

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 Columbia City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

37%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
69%Racial/ethnic minority
70%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 Columbia City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Columbia City

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. At $2,566 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Seattle commands.

Cost burden runs 53% here against 44.1% across King County. 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 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $129,563. 33% 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 53033010301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033010301?

Census tract 53033010301 in the Columbia City neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 53033010301?

Median gross rent is $2,566/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033010301?

18.0% of residents in tract 53033010301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,036.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033010301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 49th, minority 69th, housing 70th.

Is tract 53033010301 considered part of Columbia City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033010301 fall within Columbia City (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 53033010301 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033010301 scores 8.5/10, 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 53033010301 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.

Sibling tracts

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