Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , Shoreline
Tract 53033020900 · King County, WA · pop 3,650 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 53033020900 sits in the Highland Terrace area of Shoreline eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. It is home to 3,650 residents. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,600
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$111,923
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shoreline and the region
Centroid at 47.7433, -122.3639 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Terrace scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shoreline
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,756 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shoreline
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shoreline
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shoreline
6.0
How Highland Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
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)
- 60Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2009)
- 7Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% over the past 10 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Terrace
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.6/10. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the King County average of 44.1%. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 60 evictions over 10 years of observation. At $1,756 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Shoreline commands.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 5.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $111,923. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033020900?
Census tract 53033020900 in the Highland Terrace neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 53033020900?
Median gross rent is $1,756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033020900?
10.4% of residents in tract 53033020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 78th, minority 47th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 53033020900 considered part of Highland Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033020900 fall within Highland Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033020900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033020900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033020900 compare to Shoreline overall?
Tract 53033020900 scores 6.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Shoreline at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shoreline eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shoreline
Top eight tracts in Shoreline ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Echo Lake
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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Echo Lake
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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Richmond Highlands
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Hillwood
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Echo Lake
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Parkwood
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Paramount Park
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Innis Arden
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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