1 census tracts · pop 6,093 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 6.7–6.7
Highlands maps to a single census tract in Kennewick, WA and houses 6,093 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.7/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 70% against 32.7% citywide, putting Highlands 36.8% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 33%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 2.1/10.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10. Court records for this tract carry 19 eviction filings.
Average gross rent is $1,060, 15% below the Kennewick average of $1,240. Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 2.2% of renter households.
That places it #4 of 7 neighborhoods in Kennewick. Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Highlands vs KennewickHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority62%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport97%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Highlands
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
19Total filings (sum)
2.16%Avg annual filing rate
2.2%Peak year (2004)
2.16%Latest filed (2004)
Frequently asked
About Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Highlands?
Highlands scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Highlands compare to Kennewick overall?
Highlands scores 0.8 points higher than Kennewick overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 70% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,060 vs $1,240.
Q3
What is the average rent in Highlands?
Average gross rent in Highlands is $1,060/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Highlands residents are renters?
38% of Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Kennewick). The neighborhood has 6,093 residents.
Q5
Is Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Highlands sits in the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Highlands for landlords?
Highlands carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kennewick as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Highlands?
Highlands has 5,859 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.8%), Hispanic / Latino (40.6%), Other / Multiracial (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
