Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Fortuna Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mercer Island
Tract 53033024400 · King County, WA · pop 3,171 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 53033024400 covers part of the Fortuna area of Mercer Island, WA, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,171. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,277
Renter share62.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$126,520
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mercer Island and the region
Centroid at 47.5788, -122.2132 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fortuna scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mercer Island
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,343 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mercer Island
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mercer Island
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mercer Island
4.4
How Fortuna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 86Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2009)
- 7Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 75% over the past 10 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fortuna
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.9/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.
Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 86 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 1.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters. Average gross rent is $2,343, close to the Mercer Island average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $126,520.
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 53033024400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033024400?
Census tract 53033024400 in the Fortuna neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 53033024400?
Median gross rent is $2,343/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033024400?
5.6% of residents in tract 53033024400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,171.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033024400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 70th, minority 69th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 53033024400 considered part of Fortuna?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033024400 fall within Fortuna (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033024400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033024400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.94% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033024400 compare to Mercer Island overall?
Tract 53033024400 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Mercer Island at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mercer Island eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mercer Island
Top eight tracts in Mercer Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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