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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Fairwood Firs Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 53033031909 · King County, WA · pop 3,195 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.7/10, tract 53033031909 in the Fairwood Firs area of Fairwood, WA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 19% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,191
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$100,655

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fairwood Firs
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Fairwood
Very High
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#374 of 494 tracts In King County
Low
Within state
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#957 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairwood and the region

Centroid at 47.4378, -122.1435 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairwood Firs scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fairwood
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$2,259 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairwood
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairwood
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairwood
3.6

How Fairwood Firs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairwood Firs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 031909Fairwood: 4.34.3Fairwoodparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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)

  • 171Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 6.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2005)
  • 18Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330319092004: 20 filings (8.37/100 renter HHs)2005: 30 filings (11.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2007: 17 filings (6.77/100 renter HHs)2008: 11 filings (4.38/100 renter HHs)2009: 9 filings (3.59/100 renter HHs)2010: 15 filings (5.73/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (3.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 24 filings (8.45/100 renter HHs)2013: 18 filings (6.34/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairwood Firs

The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 2.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the King County average of 44.1%.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. It sits 1.0 points below the King County average of 6.7.

Court records carry 171 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 12.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033031909

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033031909?

Census tract 53033031909 in the Fairwood Firs neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 53033031909?

Median gross rent is $2,259/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033031909?

20.3% of residents in tract 53033031909 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,195.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033031909?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 77th, minority 72th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 53033031909 considered part of Fairwood Firs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033031909 fall within Fairwood Firs (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033031909?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 171 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033031909 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.58% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033031909 compare to Fairwood overall?

Tract 53033031909 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Fairwood at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fairwood

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

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