Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Colonial Forest Eviction Risk: High , Federal Way
Tract 53033030314 · King County, WA · pop 4,812 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 53033030314 in the Colonial Forest area of Federal Way, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 63% here against 44.1% across King County.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,383
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$67,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Federal Way and the region
Centroid at 47.3081, -122.3237 · click any tract to drill in
Why Colonial Forest scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Federal Way
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,239 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Federal Way
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Federal Way
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Federal Way
7.0
How Colonial Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 120Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2004)
- 13Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Colonial Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colonial Forest
28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. At $1,239 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Federal Way commands.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
The filing record is not thin: 120 evictions over 10 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2004, when 2.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033030314
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033030314?
Census tract 53033030314 in the Colonial Forest 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 53033030314?
Median gross rent is $1,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033030314?
13.7% of residents in tract 53033030314 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,812.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033030314?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 92th, minority 79th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 53033030314 considered part of Colonial Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033030314 fall within Colonial Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033030314?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 120 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033030314 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.44% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033030314 compare to Federal Way overall?
Tract 53033030314 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Federal Way at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Federal Way eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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