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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Arbor Village Eviction Risk: High , Kent

Tract 53033029408 · King County, WA · pop 4,551 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 8/10, tract 53033029408 in the Arbor Village area of Kent, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,551. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 30% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,640
Renter share58.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$64,674

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Arbor Village
Elevated
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 30 tracts In Kent
High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kent and the region

Centroid at 47.3948, -122.1918 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arbor Village scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kent
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,644 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kent
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kent
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kent
6.4

How Arbor Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arbor Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.08.0This tracttract 029408Kent: 6.66.6Kentparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 494Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 5.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.0%Peak (2004)
  • 32Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330294082004: 69 filings (9.02/100 renter HHs)2005: 56 filings (6.76/100 renter HHs)2006: 46 filings (5.55/100 renter HHs)2007: 48 filings (5.79/100 renter HHs)2008: 53 filings (6.39/100 renter HHs)2009: 43 filings (5.19/100 renter HHs)2010: 49 filings (6.31/100 renter HHs)2011: 44 filings (4.84/100 renter HHs)2012: 54 filings (5.94/100 renter HHs)2013: 32 filings (3.52/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Arbor Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Arbor Village

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 494 filings here across 10 tracked years.

Average gross rent is $1,644, 14% below the Kent average. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the King County average of 44.1%.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 9.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $64,674.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033029408

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029408?

Census tract 53033029408 in the Arbor Village neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 53033029408?

Median gross rent is $1,644/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029408?

14.1% of residents in tract 53033029408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,551.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029408?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 77th, minority 83th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 53033029408 considered part of Arbor Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029408 fall within Arbor Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029408?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 494 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029408 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.93% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033029408 compare to Kent overall?

Tract 53033029408 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Kent at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kent eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kent

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

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