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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Alta at the Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sammamish

Tract 53033032207 · King County, WA · pop 3,660 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 4.3/10, tract 53033032207 in the Alta at the Lake area of Sammamish, WA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,660. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.4 points.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 3% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,242
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$214,348

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Alta at the Lake
Moderate
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 14 tracts In Sammamish
Moderate
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#456 of 494 tracts In King County
Very Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#1,403 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sammamish and the region

Centroid at 47.5835, -122.0603 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alta at the Lake scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sammamish
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,634 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sammamish
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sammamish
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sammamish
3.9

How Alta at the Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alta at the Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 032207Sammamish: 5.35.3Sammamishparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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)

  • 16Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 2.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2007)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330322072004: 1 filings (1.59/100 renter HHs)2005: 1 filings (0.94/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (0.94/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (4.72/100 renter HHs)2008: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (1.89/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (2.27/100 renter HHs)2011: 2 filings (2.67/100 renter HHs)2012: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (1.33/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Alta at the Lake. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alta at the Lake

Cost burden runs 58% here against 44.1% across King County. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Disability prevalence runs 17.7% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.9/10.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 16 evictions over 8 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 4.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033032207

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033032207?

Census tract 53033032207 in the Alta at the Lake neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 53033032207?

Median gross rent is $2,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033032207?

3.7% of residents in tract 53033032207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,660.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033032207?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 18th, minority 56th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 53033032207 considered part of Alta at the Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033032207 fall within Alta at the Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033032207?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 53033032207 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.04% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033032207 compare to Sammamish overall?

Tract 53033032207 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Sammamish at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sammamish eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sammamish

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

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