Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
West Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Auburn
Tract 53033029901 · King County, WA · pop 4,838 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 53033029901 sits in the West Hill area of Lakeland North, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It is home to 4,838 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,681
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$102,014
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Auburn and the region
Centroid at 47.3241, -122.2823 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Hill scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Auburn
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,535 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Auburn
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Auburn
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Auburn
5.4
How West Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
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)
- 85Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2011)
- 7Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Hill
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,535, 34% below the Lakeland North average. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. Court records carry 85 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Cost burden runs 40% here against 44.1% across King County.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 3.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $102,014.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033029901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029901?
Census tract 53033029901 in the West Hill neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 53033029901?
Median gross rent is $1,535/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029901?
12.9% of residents in tract 53033029901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,838.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 57th, minority 61th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 53033029901 considered part of West Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029901 fall within West Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.95% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033029901 compare to Auburn overall?
Tract 53033029901 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Auburn at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Auburn
Top eight tracts in Auburn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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