Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033011500 · King County, WA · pop 4,220 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 7.4/10, tract 53033011500 in the Westwood area of Seattle, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,220 residents. Against King County at 44.1%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,019
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$124,613
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Low
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.5302, -122.3755 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood scores 7.4
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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,953 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Westwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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
- 18%Grade B
- 58%Grade C
- 24%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)
- 55Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2004)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 78% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood
The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.7% against 31.5% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 55 evictions over 10 years of observation. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 1.7% of renter households. 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.
In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033011500?
Census tract 53033011500 in the Westwood neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 53033011500?
Median gross rent is $1,953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033011500?
6.3% of residents in tract 53033011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 12th, minority 46th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 53033011500 considered part of Westwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033011500 fall within Westwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033011500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033011500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033011500 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033011500 scores 7.4/10, 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 53033011500 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. 24% 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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