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Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

SeaTac Eviction Risk: High

Tract 53033028403 · King County, WA · pop 5,594

Census tract 53033028403 covers part of SeaTac, WA, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 27% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,678
Renter share56.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$58,706

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In SeaTac
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#62 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#6,330 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across SeaTac and the region

Centroid at 47.4388, -122.2834 · click any tract to drill in

Why SeaTac scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from SeaTac
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,575 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from SeaTac
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from SeaTac
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from SeaTac
6.6

How SeaTac compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
SeaTac risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.38.3This tracttract 028403SeaTac: 6.96.9SeaTacparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 457Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 3.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2007)
  • 28Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330284032004: 54 filings (4.90/100 renter HHs)2005: 54 filings (4.21/100 renter HHs)2006: 57 filings (4.44/100 renter HHs)2007: 81 filings (6.31/100 renter HHs)2008: 44 filings (3.43/100 renter HHs)2009: 36 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)2010: 38 filings (3.44/100 renter HHs)2011: 32 filings (2.34/100 renter HHs)2012: 33 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2013: 28 filings (2.05/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in SeaTac

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $58,706 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. It sits 1.6 points above the King County average of 6.7.

about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the King County average of 44.1%. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 457 filings here across 10 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 6.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,575, close to the SeaTac average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033028403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033028403?

Census tract 53033028403 in SeaTac scores 8.3/10 (High 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 53033028403?

Median gross rent is $1,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033028403?

11.4% of residents in tract 53033028403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,594.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033028403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 32th, minority 81th, housing 99th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033028403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 457 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033028403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.63% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53033028403 compare to SeaTac overall?

Tract 53033028403 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of SeaTac at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from SeaTac eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in SeaTac

Top eight tracts in SeaTac ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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