Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Midway Eviction Risk: High , Kent
Tract 53033029004 · King County, WA · pop 4,726 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 53033029004 in the Midway area of Kent, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,726 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,311
Renter share55.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate36.1%
Median income$53,860
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kent and the region
Centroid at 47.3799, -122.2969 · click any tract to drill in
Why Midway scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kent
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
36.1% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,469 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kent
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kent
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kent
6.4
How Midway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 663Total filings over 10 yrs
- 8.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2004)
- 35Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Midway. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Midway
Cost burden runs 61% here against 44.1% across King County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9/10.
The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $53,860, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,469, 23% below the Kent average. It sits 1.3 points above the King County average of 6.7.
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.3% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 663 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 14.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.7% of renter households face a filing.
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 53033029004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029004?
Census tract 53033029004 in the Midway neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 53033029004?
Median gross rent is $1,469/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029004?
36.1% of residents in tract 53033029004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,726.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 72th, minority 83th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 53033029004 considered part of Midway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029004 fall within Midway (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 663 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.70% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033029004 compare to Kent overall?
Tract 53033029004 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Kent at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kent eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Kent
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/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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