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Neighborhood · Bellevue, WA

Overlake Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 12,481 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10 · range 6–7.3

Overlake takes in 2 census tracts of Bellevue, WA and houses 12,481 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.5/10, Elevated tier. 80% 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 dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.1/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Cost burden runs 29% against 23.4% citywide, putting Overlake 5.8% over its own city.

Court records for this tract carry 79 eviction filings. At $2,254 a month, rents sit 12% under what the rest of Bellevue commands. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 1.2% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 0.3% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #6 of 21 neighborhoods in Bellevue. The closest comparables inside the same city are Woodridge and Belridge.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 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
6.5
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Overlake vs Bellevue How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
29.2% +25%
Bellevue: 23.4%
Average gross rent
$2,254 -12%
Bellevue: $2,572
Average HH income
$146,100 -9%
Bellevue: $161,300
Poverty rate
8.2% +13%
Bellevue: 7.3%
Renter share
80.0% +67%
Bellevue: 48.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Overlake and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 6–7.3

Why Overlake scores 6.5

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 7.0–7.9 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
29% of income on rent · Range 3.2–7.0 across tracts
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–7.0 across tracts
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
80% renter households · Range 6.0–9.4 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.4–7.5 across tracts
5.1
Economic stress
8.2% below poverty line · Range 1.9–2.3 across tracts
2.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.2–3.6 across tracts
3.4
Risk score comparison

Overlake vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Overlake score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Overlake: 6.56.5OverlakeNeighborhoodParent 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 Overlake

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033022804 7.3 5,039 34% $2,191
53033022803 6 7,442 26% $2,296
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 32

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

Socioeconomic status 17%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 9%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 78%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 Overlake

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 79Total filings (sum)
  • 0.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.2%Peak year (2005)
  • 0.32%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Overlake

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Overlake?

Overlake scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 Overlake compare to Bellevue overall?

Overlake scores 0.5 points lower than Bellevue overall (7/10). Renters spend 29% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $2,254 vs $2,572.
Q3

What is the average rent in Overlake?

Average gross rent in Overlake is $2,254/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Overlake residents are renters?

80% of Overlake households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Bellevue). The neighborhood has 12,481 residents.
Q5

Is Overlake a high social-vulnerability area?

Overlake sits in the 32nd 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 Overlake have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Overlake is census tract 53033022804 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 7.3, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Overlake for landlords?

Overlake carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). 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 Overlake?

Overlake has 12,317 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (51%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.8%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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