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Neighborhood · Auburn, WA

Emerald Court Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 2,699 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10 · range 7.8–7.8

Emerald Court maps to a single census tract in Auburn, WA and houses 2,699 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. 42% 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.

Against a Auburn baseline of 32.5%, 72% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Annualized rent equals 51% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

92% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,251, 30% below the Auburn average of $1,786.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The filing record is not thin: 120 evictions logged in this tract.

Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.3/10. Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 2.7% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 1.9% in 2013 against a 2.7% peak. Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Auburn, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

One tract means one number: 7.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Emerald Court vs Auburn How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
72.2% +122%
Auburn: 32.5%
Average gross rent
$1,251 -30%
Auburn: $1,786
Average HH income
$29,570 -69%
Auburn: $95,367
Poverty rate
20.5% +170%
Auburn: 7.6%
Renter share
91.9% +133%
Auburn: 39.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Emerald Court and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 7.8–7.8

Why Emerald Court scores 7.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Rent control risk
72% of income on rent · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
92% renter households · Range 7.9–7.9 across tracts
7.9
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Economic stress
20.5% below poverty line · Range 5.1–5.1 across tracts
5.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Emerald Court vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Emerald Court score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Emerald Court: 7.87.8Emerald CourtNeighborhoodParent city: 6.46.4Parent cityhost cityState: 6.16.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Emerald Court

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033030501 7.8 2,699 72% $1,251
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 92

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 82%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 85%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 97%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Emerald Court

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 120Total filings (sum)
  • 1.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak year (2004)
  • 1.93%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Emerald Court

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Emerald Court?

Emerald Court scores 7.8/10 (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 Emerald Court compare to Auburn overall?

Emerald Court scores 1.4 points higher than Auburn overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 72% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,251 vs $1,786.
Q3

What is the average rent in Emerald Court?

Average gross rent in Emerald Court is $1,251/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Emerald Court residents are renters?

92% of Emerald Court households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Auburn). The neighborhood has 2,699 residents.
Q5

Is Emerald Court a high social-vulnerability area?

Emerald Court sits in the 92nd 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 Emerald Court for landlords?

Emerald Court carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). 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 Auburn as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Emerald Court?

Emerald Court has 2,651 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (60.8%), Hispanic / Latino (12.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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