Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Kitts Corner Eviction Risk: High , Federal Way
Tract 53033030313 · King County, WA · pop 5,316 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 53033030313 sits in the Kitts Corner area of Federal Way eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. It is home to 5,316 residents. Cost burden runs 70% here against 44.1% across King County.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,997
Renter share57.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$61,115
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
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 47.3002, -122.3138 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kitts Corner 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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,605 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 Kitts Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 278Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2005)
- 12Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 61% over the past 10 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kitts Corner
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. 27% 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 8.6/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.3 points above the King County average of 6.7.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 278 filings here across 10 tracked years. At $1,605 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Federal Way commands.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 4.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 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 53033030313
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033030313?
Census tract 53033030313 in the Kitts Corner 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 53033030313?
Median gross rent is $1,605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033030313?
15.4% of residents in tract 53033030313 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,316.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033030313?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 94th, minority 81th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 53033030313 considered part of Kitts Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033030313 fall within Kitts Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033030313?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 278 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033030313 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.77% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033030313 compare to Federal Way overall?
Tract 53033030313 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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