Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Colonial Forest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Federal Way
Tract 53033030309 · King County, WA · pop 5,531 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 53033030309 in the Colonial Forest area of Federal Way, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,531 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.4/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units2,446
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$81,119
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Federal Way and the region
Centroid at 47.3035, -122.3373 · click any tract to drill in
Why Colonial Forest scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Federal Way
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,720 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Federal Way
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Federal Way
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Federal Way
7.0
How Colonial Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 592Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2011)
- 47Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Colonial Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colonial Forest
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.
65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 44.1% across King County.
The filing record is not thin: 592 evictions over 10 years of observation. It sits 0.9 points above the King County average of 6.7. Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,720, close to the Federal Way average.
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 53033030309
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033030309?
Census tract 53033030309 in the Colonial Forest neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 53033030309?
Median gross rent is $1,720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033030309?
9.4% of residents in tract 53033030309 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,531.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033030309?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 24th, minority 70th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 53033030309 considered part of Colonial Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033030309 fall within Colonial Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033030309?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 592 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033030309 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.72% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033030309 compare to Federal Way overall?
Tract 53033030309 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Federal Way at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Federal Way eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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