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Neighborhood · Auburn, WA

Shag - Auburn Court Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 5,926 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10 · range 6.7–6.7

Shag - Auburn Court is a one-tract neighborhood of Auburn, WA, population 5,926. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.7/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 46% against 32.5% citywide, putting Shag - Auburn Court 13.8% over its own city.

The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.3/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

At $1,470 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Auburn commands. Court records for this tract carry 232 eviction filings.

The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 3.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 3.0% in 2013 against a 3.4% peak.

That places it #6 of 10 neighborhoods in Auburn. The closest comparables inside the same city are Lea Hill and Burndale Homes.

Social vulnerability runs high at 8.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Against average income of $89,375, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion.

One tract means one number: 6.7/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Shag - Auburn Court vs Auburn How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
46.3% +42%
Auburn: 32.5%
Average gross rent
$1,470 -18%
Auburn: $1,786
Average HH income
$89,375 -6%
Auburn: $95,367
Poverty rate
5.3% -30%
Auburn: 7.6%
Renter share
36.1% -8%
Auburn: 39.4%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Shag - Auburn Court and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6.7–6.7

Why Shag - Auburn Court scores 6.7

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
46% 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
36% 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
5.3% below poverty line · Range 1.3–1.3 across tracts
1.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Shag - Auburn Court vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Shag - Auburn Court score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Shag - Auburn Cour: 6.76.7Shag - Auburn CourNeighborhoodParent 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 Shag - Auburn Court

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033030600 6.7 5,926 46% $1,470
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 81

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

Socioeconomic status 70%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 93%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Shag - Auburn Court

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 232Total filings (sum)
  • 2.29%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak year (2006)
  • 3.01%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Shag - Auburn Court

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Shag - Auburn Court?

Shag - Auburn Court 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 Shag - Auburn Court compare to Auburn overall?

Shag - Auburn Court scores 0.3 points higher than Auburn overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,470 vs $1,786.
Q3

What is the average rent in Shag - Auburn Court?

Average gross rent in Shag - Auburn eviction risk Court is $1,470/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Shag - Auburn Court residents are renters?

36% of Shag - Auburn Court households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Auburn). The neighborhood has 5,926 residents.
Q5

Is Shag - Auburn Court a high social-vulnerability area?

Shag - Auburn Court sits in the 81st 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 Shag - Auburn Court for landlords?

Shag - Auburn eviction risk Court 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 Auburn as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Shag - Auburn Court?

Shag - Auburn Court has 5,279 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.9%), Other / Multiracial (16.4%), Hispanic / Latino (14.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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