Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Highline Eviction Risk: Elevated , Burien
Tract 53033027400 · King County, WA · pop 5,193 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 53033027400 in the Highline area of Burien, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,193. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,885
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$82,383
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Burien and the region
Centroid at 47.4827, -122.3236 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highline scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Burien
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,617 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burien
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burien
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burien
6.2
How Highline compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 105Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2006)
- 6Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highline. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highline
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
Against King County at 44.1%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 105 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,617, 9% below the Burien average.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 3.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $82,383. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 53033027400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033027400?
Census tract 53033027400 in the Highline neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 53033027400?
Median gross rent is $1,617/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033027400?
7.5% of residents in tract 53033027400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,193.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033027400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 39th, minority 68th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 53033027400 considered part of Highline?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033027400 fall within Highline (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033027400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 105 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033027400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.39% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033027400 compare to Burien overall?
Tract 53033027400 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Burien at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burien eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Burien
Top eight tracts in Burien ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Beverly Park
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
Hurstwood
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
Sunnydale
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
Beverly Park
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · WA
Hurstwood
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Highline
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Blakely Manor
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Shorewood
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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