Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033010800 · King County, WA · pop 4,893 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 53033010800 sits in the Highland Park area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It is home to 4,893 residents. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.2
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 parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
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 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 14%Grade C
- 56%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.
Eviction filings
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.1
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 stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highland Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Park
The score leans hardest on 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.
Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally. At $2,351 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Seattle commands. Court records carry 112 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 6.7% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 7.2/10 (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 7.2/10, 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.
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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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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