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Highline Eviction Risk: Elevated , Burien

Tract 53033027400 · King County, WA · pop 5,193 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 53033027400 in the Highline area of Burien, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,193. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 15% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,885
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$82,383

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Highline
Moderate
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 12 tracts In Burien
Elevated
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#181 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 Burien and the region

Centroid at 47.4827, -122.3236 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highline scores 7.3

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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,617 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Highline compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highline risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 027400Burien: 6.66.6Burienparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 105Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2006)
  • 6Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330274002004: 9 filings (2.29/100 renter HHs)2005: 11 filings (2.71/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)2007: 14 filings (3.45/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)2009: 13 filings (3.20/100 renter HHs)2010: 10 filings (1.84/100 renter HHs)2011: 13 filings (2.50/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (1.35/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (1.15/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% 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

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Against King County at 44.1%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 105 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,617, 9% below the Burien average.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 3.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $82,383. 30% 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 53033027400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033027400?

Census tract 53033027400 in the Highline 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 53033027400?

Median gross rent is $1,617/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033027400?

7.5% of residents in tract 53033027400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,193.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033027400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 39th, minority 68th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 53033027400 considered part of Highline?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033027400 fall within Highline (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033027400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 105 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033027400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.39% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033027400 compare to Burien overall?

Tract 53033027400 scores 7.3/10, 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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