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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Arbor Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kent

Tract 53033029504 · King County, WA · pop 6,571 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.9/10, tract 53033029504 in the Arbor Village area of Kent, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,571 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 30% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,417
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$93,355

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Arbor Village
Low
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#18 of 30 tracts In Kent
Moderate
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#234 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#526 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kent and the region

Centroid at 47.3797, -122.1946 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arbor Village scores 6.9

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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,901 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Arbor Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arbor Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 029504Kent: 6.66.6Kentparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 700Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 4.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2006)
  • 48Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330295042004: 70 filings (5.12/100 renter HHs)2005: 83 filings (5.77/100 renter HHs)2006: 94 filings (6.54/100 renter HHs)2007: 88 filings (6.12/100 renter HHs)2008: 57 filings (3.96/100 renter HHs)2009: 65 filings (4.52/100 renter HHs)2010: 59 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2011: 74 filings (4.83/100 renter HHs)2012: 62 filings (4.05/100 renter HHs)2013: 48 filings (3.13/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Arbor Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Arbor Village

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.

Cost burden runs 50% here against 44.1% across King County. The filing record is not thin: 700 evictions over 10 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 6.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,901, close to the Kent average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $93,355.

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 53033029504

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029504?

Census tract 53033029504 in the Arbor Village neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 53033029504?

Median gross rent is $1,901/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029504?

6.2% of residents in tract 53033029504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,571.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 82th, minority 72th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 53033029504 considered part of Arbor Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029504 fall within Arbor Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029504?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 700 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.78% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033029504 compare to Kent overall?

Tract 53033029504 scores 6.9/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kent

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

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