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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Shorewood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Burien

Tract 53033026700 · King County, WA · pop 5,681 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 6.8/10, tract 53033026700 in the Shorewood area of Burien, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,681. 25% 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
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 14% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,976
Renter share29.8%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$126,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Shorewood
Moderate
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 12 tracts In Burien
Low
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#259 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#569 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burien and the region

Centroid at 47.4962, -122.3639 · click any tract to drill in

Why Shorewood scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Burien
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,817 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burien
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burien
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burien
6.2

How Shorewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Shorewood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 026700Burien: 6.66.6Burienparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 157Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.9%Peak (2006)
  • 16Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330267002004: 12 filings (2.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 14 filings (1.75/100 renter HHs)2006: 23 filings (2.88/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (1.63/100 renter HHs)2008: 19 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)2009: 10 filings (1.25/100 renter HHs)2010: 19 filings (3.20/100 renter HHs)2011: 19 filings (3.19/100 renter HHs)2012: 12 filings (2.02/100 renter HHs)2013: 16 filings (2.69/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Shorewood

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 54% here against 44.1% across King County.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 157 filings here across 10 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 2.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $126,250, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely.

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 53033026700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033026700?

Census tract 53033026700 in the Shorewood neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 53033026700?

Median gross rent is $1,817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033026700?

13.2% of residents in tract 53033026700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,681.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033026700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 90th, minority 62th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 53033026700 considered part of Shorewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033026700 fall within Shorewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033026700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 157 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033026700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.30% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033026700 compare to Burien overall?

Tract 53033026700 scores 6.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Burien at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burien eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burien

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

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