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Neighborhood · Bellevue, WA

Lake Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 15,008 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10 · range 5.9–6

Lake Hills is a 2-tract neighborhood of Bellevue, WA and houses 15,008 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.9/10, in the Moderate tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.

Against a Bellevue baseline of 23.4%, 31% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Court records carry 123 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. At $2,980 a month, rents sit 16% over what the rest of Bellevue commands.

The voucher gap is 11.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 3.5% of renter households.

Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7/10. The most recent observed rate, 0.9% in 2013, is well off that peak.

That places it #19 of 21 neighborhoods in Bellevue. The closest comparables inside the same city are Northup and Spyglass Hill. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.1 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $178,592.

With little internal variation, 5.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Lake Hills vs Bellevue How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
31.0% +32%
Bellevue: 23.4%
Average gross rent
$2,980 +16%
Bellevue: $2,572
Average HH income
$178,592 +11%
Bellevue: $161,300
Poverty rate
3.1% -57%
Bellevue: 7.3%
Renter share
34.0% -29%
Bellevue: 48.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Hills and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.9–6

Why Lake Hills scores 5.9

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 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Rent control risk
31% of income on rent · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
34% renter households · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Economic stress
3.1% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.1 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.0–7.2 across tracts
6.1
Risk score comparison

Lake Hills vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Lake Hills score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Lake Hills: 5.95.9Lake HillsNeighborhoodParent city: 7.07.0Parent cityhost cityState: 6.16.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Lake Hills

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033023000 6 7,249 32% $2,680
53033023300 5.9 7,759 30% $3,261
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 45

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 20%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 57%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Lake Hills

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 123Total filings (sum)
  • 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak year (2004)
  • 0.92%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Lake Hills

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Lake Hills?

Lake Hills scores 5.9/10 (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 Lake Hills compare to Bellevue overall?

Lake Hills scores 1.1 points lower than Bellevue overall (7/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $2,980 vs $2,572.
Q3

What is the average rent in Lake Hills?

Average gross rent in Lake Hills is $2,980/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Lake Hills residents are renters?

34% of Lake Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Bellevue). The neighborhood has 15,008 residents.
Q5

Is Lake Hills a high social-vulnerability area?

Lake Hills sits in the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Lake Hills have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Lake Hills is census tract 53033023000 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.9 to 6, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Lake Hills for landlords?

Lake Hills carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). 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 Bellevue as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Lake Hills?

Lake Hills has 14,784 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (49%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (29.3%), Other / Multiracial (8.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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