Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Zenith Eviction Risk: Elevated , Des Moines
Tract 53033029001 · King County, WA · pop 4,218 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
53033029001 is a census tract in the Zenith area of Des Moines, WA. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,778
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$102,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 47.3840, -122.3221 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zenith scores 6.7
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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,195 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Zenith compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 79Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 72% over the past 10 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zenith
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. At $2,195 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Des Moines commands.
Cost burden runs 49% here against 44.1% across King County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 79 filings here across 10 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $102,273. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033029001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029001?
Census tract 53033029001 in the Zenith neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 53033029001?
Median gross rent is $2,195/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029001?
6.8% of residents in tract 53033029001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,218.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 89th, minority 46th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 53033029001 considered part of Zenith?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029001 fall within Zenith (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.20% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033029001 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 53033029001 scores 6.7/10, right in line with 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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