2 census tracts · pop 12,398 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.2–6.3
Kennewick Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Kennewick, WA and houses 12,398 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 48% against 32.7% citywide, putting Kennewick Park 15.6% over its own city.
22% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10.
The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.2 to 6.3, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10.
Court records carry 41 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 2.9% of renter households.
Among the 7 mapped neighborhoods of Kennewick, it ranks #7 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 1.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Windsong and South Highlands score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Kennewick Park vs KennewickHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority46%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Kennewick Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
41Total filings (sum)
2.59%Avg annual filing rate
2.9%Peak year (2004)
2.59%Latest filed (2004)
Frequently asked
About Kennewick Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Kennewick Park?
Kennewick Park scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Kennewick Park compare to Kennewick overall?
Kennewick Park scores 0.1 points lower than Kennewick overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,216 vs $1,240.
Q3
What is the average rent in Kennewick Park?
Average gross rent in Kennewick eviction risk Park is $1,216/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Kennewick Park residents are renters?
51% of Kennewick Park households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Kennewick). The neighborhood has 12,398 residents.
Q5
Is Kennewick Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Kennewick Park sits in the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Kennewick Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Kennewick Park is census tract 53005010901 (score 6.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 6.3, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Kennewick Park for landlords?
Kennewick eviction risk Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Kennewick Park?
Kennewick Park has 12,470 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (69.9%), Hispanic / Latino (21%), Other / Multiracial (5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
