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

Twin Lakes Eviction Risk: High , Federal Way

Tract 53033030308 · King County, WA · pop 6,313 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 53033030308 covers part of the Twin Lakes area of Federal Way, WA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,313. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 15% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,148
Renter share53.9%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$83,026

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Twin Lakes
Very High
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 20 tracts In Federal Way
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#82 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 Federal Way and the region

Centroid at 47.3083, -122.3520 · click any tract to drill in

Why Twin Lakes scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$2,144 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Twin Lakes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Twin Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.08.0This tracttract 030308Federal Way: 6.66.6Federal Wayparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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)

  • 640Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 6.88%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.1%Peak (2006)
  • 35Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330303082004: 96 filings (8.37/100 renter HHs)2005: 85 filings (10.34/100 renter HHs)2006: 108 filings (13.14/100 renter HHs)2007: 102 filings (12.41/100 renter HHs)2008: 58 filings (7.06/100 renter HHs)2009: 25 filings (3.04/100 renter HHs)2010: 45 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2011: 45 filings (3.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 41 filings (3.51/100 renter HHs)2013: 35 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 64% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Twin Lakes. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Twin Lakes

Against King County at 44.1%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.3 points above the King County average of 6.7.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. At $2,144 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of Federal Way commands.

The filing record is not thin: 640 evictions over 10 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 13.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.9% 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 7.6/10 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.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033030308

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033030308?

Census tract 53033030308 in the Twin Lakes 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 53033030308?

Median gross rent is $2,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033030308?

16.9% of residents in tract 53033030308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,313.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033030308?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 71th, minority 79th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 53033030308 considered part of Twin Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033030308 fall within Twin Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033030308?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 640 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033030308 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.88% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033030308 compare to Federal Way overall?

Tract 53033030308 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Federal Way

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

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