Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Meritage Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kirkland
Tract 53033021904 · King County, WA · pop 5,866 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 53033021904 covers part of the Meritage Ridge area of Kirkland, WA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,866. Cost burden runs 28% here against 44.1% across King County.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$167,109
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkland and the region
Centroid at 47.7229, -122.1616 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meritage Ridge scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kirkland
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,689 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kirkland
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kirkland
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kirkland
7.5
How Meritage Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 54Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2011)
- 5Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meritage Ridge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meritage Ridge
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the King County average of 6.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 54 filings here across 10 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $2,689, 12% above the Kirkland average. The worst year on record was 2011, when 1.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033021904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033021904?
Census tract 53033021904 in the Meritage Ridge neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 53033021904?
Median gross rent is $2,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033021904?
4.8% of residents in tract 53033021904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033021904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 56th, minority 65th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 53033021904 considered part of Meritage Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033021904 fall within Meritage Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033021904?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033021904 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.98% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033021904 compare to Kirkland overall?
Tract 53033021904 scores 5.7/10, lower than the parent city of Kirkland at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kirkland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kirkland
Top eight tracts in Kirkland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Meritage Ridge
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Maple Glen
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Maple Glen
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
53033022501
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Willows & Rose Hill
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Houghton
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Juanita
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Stonehedge Village
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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