Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Rainier Beach Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033011901 · King County, WA · pop 4,571 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
53033011901 is a census tract in the Rainier Beach area of Seattle, WA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,430
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$146,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.5050, -122.2650 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rainier Beach scores 7.6
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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,218 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Rainier Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 94%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 Rainier Beach. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rainier Beach
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the King County average of 44.1%.
Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. At $2,218 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Seattle commands.
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 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $146,250.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033011901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033011901?
Census tract 53033011901 in the Rainier Beach neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 53033011901?
Median gross rent is $2,218/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033011901?
10.1% of residents in tract 53033011901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,571.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033011901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 26th, minority 80th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 53033011901 considered part of Rainier Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033011901 fall within Rainier Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 53033011901 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033011901 scores 7.6/10, 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 53033011901 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.
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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