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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Lea Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Auburn

Tract 53033031206 · King County, WA · pop 5,591 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 53033031206 sits in the Lea Hill area of Auburn eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It is home to 5,591 residents. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 21% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,672
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$99,767

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lea Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#11 of 18 tracts In Auburn
Moderate
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#272 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#569 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn and the region

Centroid at 47.3136, -122.1836 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lea Hill scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Auburn
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,923 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Auburn
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Auburn
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Auburn
5.8

How Lea Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lea Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 031206Auburn: 6.46.4Auburnparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 183Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2011)
  • 8Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330312062004: 19 filings (3.82/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (4.21/100 renter HHs)2006: 25 filings (5.84/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (3.04/100 renter HHs)2008: 23 filings (5.37/100 renter HHs)2009: 17 filings (3.97/100 renter HHs)2010: 17 filings (2.19/100 renter HHs)2011: 26 filings (3.66/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (2.39/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (1.13/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lea Hill

54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the King County average of 44.1%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 183 filings here across 10 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 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 $1,923, close to the Auburn average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033031206

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033031206?

Census tract 53033031206 in the Lea Hill neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 53033031206?

Median gross rent is $1,923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033031206?

8.5% of residents in tract 53033031206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,591.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033031206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 60th, minority 63th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 53033031206 considered part of Lea Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033031206 fall within Lea Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033031206?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 183 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033031206 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033031206 compare to Auburn overall?

Tract 53033031206 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Auburn at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

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

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