Neighborhood · Kent, WA

Arbor Village Eviction Risk: Elevated

4 census tracts · pop 20,275 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.1/10 · range 5.5–8

Arbor Village spans 4 census tracts of Kent, WA and houses 20,275 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.1/10, in the Elevated tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Kent rate of 32.4%.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.5 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2/10.

Running cool is economic stress, at 2.4/10. Court records carry 1,500 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 9.0% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 2.8% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #12 of 22 neighborhoods in Kent.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Morning Sun and Copper Ridge. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.1 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

7.1

Elevated

4 tracts · population-weighted

Arbor Village vs Kent How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

44.7% +38%

Kent: 32.4%

Average gross rent

$1,869 -2%

Kent: $1,909

Average HH income

$89,882 -1%

Kent: $90,416

Poverty rate

9.1% -14%

Kent: 10.6%

Renter share

49.7% +16%

Kent: 42.8%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Arbor Village and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 5.5–8

Why Arbor Village scores 7.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts

7.6

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Rent control risk

45% of income on rent · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

50% renter households · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts

8.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.4–6.4 across tracts

6.4

Economic stress

9.1% below poverty line · Range 1.0–3.6 across tracts

2.4

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.2–3.5 across tracts

2.0

Risk score comparison

Arbor Village vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Arbor Village?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.5 points from 5.5 to 8. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

8.0 8.0 6.9 5.5

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Arbor Village

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
53033029407	8	5,016	65%	$1,698
53033029408	8	4,551	48%	$1,644
53033029504	6.9	6,571	50%	$1,901
53033029508	5.5	4,137	8%	$2,275

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 76

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 68%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 69%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 75%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 75%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Arbor Village

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

1,500Total filings (sum)
4.69%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak year (2006)
2.80%Latest filed (2013)

Frequently asked

About Arbor Village

What is the eviction-risk score for Arbor Village?

Arbor Village scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Arbor Village compare to Kent overall?

Arbor Village scores 0.5 points higher than Kent overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,869 vs $1,909.

What is the average rent in Arbor Village?

Average gross rent in Arbor Village is $1,869/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Arbor Village residents are renters?

50% of Arbor Village households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Kent). The neighborhood has 20,275 residents.

Is Arbor Village a high social-vulnerability area?

Arbor Village sits in the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Arbor Village have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Arbor Village is census tract 53033029407 (score 8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.5 to 8, a spread of 2.5 points.

How safe is Arbor Village for landlords?

Arbor Village carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.1/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kent as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Arbor Village?

Arbor Village has 20,772 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (35.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (23.9%), Hispanic / Latino (15.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Arbor Village

6.7 Stonepine 2 tracts · pop 9,066 6.3 Fox Creek 2 tracts · pop 7,550 7.2 Copper Ridge 2 tracts · pop 9,643 6.3 Riverpointe 2 tracts · pop 12,731 3.8 The Grove at Spring Lake 2 tracts · pop 8,699 7.8 Pacific Ridge 2 tracts · pop 10,886

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Kent

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Arbor Village.

7 Morning Sun 1 tracts · pop 3,974 7.2 Copper Ridge 2 tracts · pop 9,643 6.9 Downtown 1 tracts · pop 4,871 7.4 Maple Lane Court 1 tracts · pop 3,566 7.4 Cambridge East 1 tracts · pop 4,363 6.7 Shadowbrook Ridge 1 tracts · pop 5,008

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