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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Crofton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Covington

Tract 53033031705 · King County, WA · pop 4,255 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 53033031705 sits in the Crofton Heights area of Covington, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 4,255 residents. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 6% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$133,594

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Crofton Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Covington
Very Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#443 of 494 tracts In King County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,255 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Covington and the region

Centroid at 47.3824, -122.1155 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crofton Heights scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Covington
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,548 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Covington
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Covington
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Covington
5.3

How Crofton Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crofton Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 031705Covington: 5.95.9Covingtonparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 39Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2008)
  • 3Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330317052004: 3 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (0.50/100 renter HHs)2007: 2 filings (1.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (3.48/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (2.99/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (1.89/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (2.83/100 renter HHs)2012: 3 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crofton Heights

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.9 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.9/10. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the King County average of 44.1%. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.

The filing record is not thin: 39 evictions over 10 years of observation. Average gross rent is $2,548, 14% above the Covington average. Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 12% 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 2.8/10.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033031705

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033031705?

Census tract 53033031705 in the Crofton Heights neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 53033031705?

Median gross rent is $2,548/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033031705?

1.7% of residents in tract 53033031705 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,255.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033031705?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 33th, minority 42th, housing 19th.
Q5

Is tract 53033031705 considered part of Crofton Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033031705 fall within Crofton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033031705?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033031705 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.10% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033031705 compare to Covington overall?

Tract 53033031705 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Covington at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Covington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Covington

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

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