Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Top Hat Eviction Risk: High , White Center
Tract 53033026400 · King County, WA · pop 5,827 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 53033026400 covers part of the Top Hat area of Boulevard Park, WA, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,827. 35% 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
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,182
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$77,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across White Center and the region
Centroid at 47.5091, -122.3112 · click any tract to drill in
Why Top Hat scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from White Center
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,856 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from White Center
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from White Center
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from White Center
8.5
How Top Hat compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 695Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2006)
- 40Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Top Hat. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Top Hat
Against King County at 44.1%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.6 points above the King County average of 6.7. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 695 evictions over 10 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 7.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.
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 53033026400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033026400?
Census tract 53033026400 in the Top Hat neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High 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 53033026400?
Median gross rent is $1,856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033026400?
28.0% of residents in tract 53033026400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033026400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 91th, minority 70th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 53033026400 considered part of Top Hat?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033026400 fall within Top Hat (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033026400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 695 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033026400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.51% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033026400 compare to White Center overall?
Tract 53033026400 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of White Center at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from White Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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