Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Houghton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kirkland
Tract 53033022701 · King County, WA · pop 3,020 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 53033022701 sits in the Houghton area of Kirkland eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 3,020. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$177,802
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkland and the region
Centroid at 47.6549, -122.2057 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houghton 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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,503 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Houghton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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
- 0.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2007)
- 6Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Houghton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houghton
Against King County at 44.1%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Disability prevalence runs 18.2% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 54 filings here across 10 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 1.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033022701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033022701?
Census tract 53033022701 in the Houghton 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 53033022701?
Median gross rent is $2,503/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033022701?
4.9% of residents in tract 53033022701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,020.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033022701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 4th, minority 38th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 53033022701 considered part of Houghton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033022701 fall within Houghton (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033022701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033022701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.67% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033022701 compare to Kirkland overall?
Tract 53033022701 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
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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
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Stonehedge Village
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Juanita
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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