Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Des Moines Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53033028901 · King County, WA · pop 3,897 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 53033028901 in the Downtown Des Moines area of Des Moines, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,897. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$82,695
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 47.4026, -122.3204 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown Des Moines scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Moines
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,819 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Moines
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Moines
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Moines
7.2
How Downtown Des Moines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 162Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2005)
- 16Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 10 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown Des Moines
Against King County at 44.1%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 162 filings here across 10 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points above the King County average of 6.7. Filings peaked in 2005 at 5.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Average gross rent is $1,819, close to the Des Moines average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $82,695.
50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033028901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033028901?
Census tract 53033028901 in the Downtown Des Moines neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 53033028901?
Median gross rent is $1,819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033028901?
9.7% of residents in tract 53033028901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,897.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033028901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 59th, minority 54th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 53033028901 considered part of Downtown Des Moines?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033028901 fall within Downtown Des Moines (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033028901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 162 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033028901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.55% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033028901 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 53033028901 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Des Moines at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Moines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Des Moines
Top eight tracts in Des Moines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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