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Highland Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033010800 · King County, WA · pop 4,893 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 53033010800 sits in the Highland Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It has a population of 4,893 and an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). 44% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 42% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,351/month against a median household income of $149,375 — roughly 19% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 13% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share23.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$149,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 3 tracts In Highland Park
Moderate
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank — 52th percentileBottomTop
#85 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Moderate
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank — 84th percentileBottomTop
#82 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank — 93th percentileBottomTop
#127 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.5440, -122.3499 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Park scores 6.1

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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,351 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Highland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 010800Seattle: 8.28.2Seattleparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.25.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 112Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 3.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.7%Peak (2005)
  • 12Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 — 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330108002004: 13 filings (3.46/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (6.74/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (5.99/100 renter HHs)2007: 8 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 1 filings (0.37/100 renter HHs)2009: 9 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2010: 13 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)2011: 12 filings (1.84/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2013: 12 filings (1.84/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

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Frequently asked

About tract 53033010800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033010800?

Census tract 53033010800 in the Highland Park neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 53033010800?

Median gross rent is $2,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033010800?

7.0% of residents in tract 53033010800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,893.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033010800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 26th, minority 66th, housing 69th.

Q5

Is tract 53033010800 considered part of Highland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033010800 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033010800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 112 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033010800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.10% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

How does tract 53033010800 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033010800 scores 6.1/10 — lower than the parent city of Seattle at 8.2/10. 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 53033010800 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 56% 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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