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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Hillshire Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kent

Tract 53033029405 · King County, WA · pop 5,747 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.6/10, tract 53033029405 in the Hillshire Terrace area of Kent, WA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,747. The severe-burden share is 50%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 4% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,827
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$142,650

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hillshire Terrace
Moderate
Within parent city
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 30 tracts In Kent
Very Low
Within county
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#398 of 494 tracts In King County
Very Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#986 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kent and the region

Centroid at 47.4089, -122.1759 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillshire Terrace scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,517 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Hillshire Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillshire Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 029405Kent: 6.66.6Kentparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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)

  • 41Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2010)
  • 4Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330294052004: 1 filings (0.64/100 renter HHs)2005: 2 filings (0.73/100 renter HHs)2006: 4 filings (1.46/100 renter HHs)2007: 2 filings (0.73/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (2.19/100 renter HHs)2009: 5 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2010: 7 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (1.08/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (1.43/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hillshire Terrace

Against King County at 44.1%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

At $2,517 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of Kent commands. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.

Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 41 filings here across 10 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033029405

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029405?

Census tract 53033029405 in the Hillshire Terrace neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 53033029405?

Median gross rent is $2,517/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029405?

3.8% of residents in tract 53033029405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,747.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029405?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 25th, minority 71th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 53033029405 considered part of Hillshire Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029405 fall within Hillshire Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029405?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.51% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033029405 compare to Kent overall?

Tract 53033029405 scores 5.6/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kent

Top eight tracts in Kent ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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