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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Fairwood West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Renton

Tract 53033025702 · King County, WA · pop 3,551 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 53033025702 covers part of the Fairwood West area of Renton, WA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,551. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 13% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,195
Renter share20.7%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$143,503

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Fairwood West
Very Low
Within parent city
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 23 tracts In Renton
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#376 of 494 tracts In King County
Low
Within state
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#957 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Renton and the region

Centroid at 47.4636, -122.1643 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairwood West scores 5.7

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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,492 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Fairwood West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairwood West risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 025702Renton: 6.66.6Rentonparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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

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)

  • 32Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2007)
  • 3Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330257022004: 1 filings (0.84/100 renter HHs)2005: 4 filings (1.51/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (1.13/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (1.89/100 renter HHs)2008: 2 filings (0.75/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (0.75/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (1.31/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (0.97/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (0.97/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairwood West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairwood West

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $2,492, 25% above the Renton average.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.9/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the King County average of 44.1%. It sits 1.0 points below the King County average of 6.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 10 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 1.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

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 53033025702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033025702?

Census tract 53033025702 in the Fairwood West 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 53033025702?

Median gross rent is $2,492/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033025702?

4.2% of residents in tract 53033025702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,551.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033025702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 19th, minority 59th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 53033025702 considered part of Fairwood West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033025702 fall within Fairwood West (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033025702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033025702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.17% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033025702 compare to Renton overall?

Tract 53033025702 scores 5.7/10, lower 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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