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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Highlands Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Renton

Tract 53033025402 · King County, WA · pop 3,701 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

53033025402 is a census tract in the Highlands Park area of Renton, WA. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,701. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 28% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share58.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$101,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Highlands Park
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 23 tracts In Renton
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#184 of 494 tracts In King County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#348 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Renton and the region

Centroid at 47.4910, -122.1867 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highlands Park scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Renton
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,888 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Renton
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Renton
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Renton
5.9

How Highlands Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highlands Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 025402Renton: 6.66.6Rentonparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highlands Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highlands Park

24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.9/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the King County average of 44.1%.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,888, close to the Renton average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $101,875.

59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 53033025402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033025402?

Census tract 53033025402 in the Highlands Park neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 53033025402?

Median gross rent is $1,888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033025402?

12.3% of residents in tract 53033025402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,701.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033025402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 80th, minority 74th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 53033025402 considered part of Highlands Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033025402 fall within Highlands Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033025402 compare to Renton overall?

Tract 53033025402 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Renton at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Renton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Renton

Top eight tracts in Renton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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