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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Highline Eviction Risk: High , Burien

Tract 53033027300 · King County, WA · pop 6,542 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 53033027300 covers part of the Highline area of SeaTac, WA, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 25% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,963
Renter share38.1%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$102,224

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Highline
High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Burien
Moderate
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#73 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#115 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burien and the region

Centroid at 47.4806, -122.2985 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highline scores 8.1

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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,800 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burien
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burien
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burien
6.6

How Highline compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highline risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 027300Burien: 6.66.6Burienparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 199Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2005)
  • 14Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330273002004: 25 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)2005: 30 filings (3.10/100 renter HHs)2006: 25 filings (2.58/100 renter HHs)2007: 28 filings (2.89/100 renter HHs)2008: 14 filings (1.45/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (1.65/100 renter HHs)2010: 18 filings (2.08/100 renter HHs)2011: 16 filings (1.60/100 renter HHs)2012: 13 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 14 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highline. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highline

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the King County average of 44.1%. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 199 filings here across 10 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2005 at 3.1% of renter households.

Average gross rent is $1,800, 8% above the SeaTac average. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $102,224.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033027300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033027300?

Census tract 53033027300 in the Highline neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 53033027300?

Median gross rent is $1,800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033027300?

17.1% of residents in tract 53033027300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,542.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033027300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 55th, minority 79th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 53033027300 considered part of Highline?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033027300 fall within Highline (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033027300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 199 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033027300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.09% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033027300 compare to Burien overall?

Tract 53033027300 scores 8.1/10, higher than 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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