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

Morgan Junction Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033010601 · King County, WA · pop 4,233 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 53033010601 sits in the Morgan Junction area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. 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 12% Stable renters 24% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,005
Renter share36.9%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$149,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Morgan Junction
Very Low
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#255 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 47.5460, -122.3817 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morgan 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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,908 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Morgan Junction compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Morgan Junction risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 010601Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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 Morgan Junction. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morgan Junction

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Cost burden runs 34% here against 44.1% across King County.

Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally. 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.

Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $149,542, 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 4%, 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. Average gross rent is $1,908, close to the Seattle average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033010601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033010601?

Census tract 53033010601 in the Morgan 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 53033010601?

Median gross rent is $1,908/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033010601?

3.7% of residents in tract 53033010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,233.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033010601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 7th, minority 39th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 53033010601 considered part of Morgan Junction?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033010601 fall within Morgan Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033010601 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033010601 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 53033010601 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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