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Arbor Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kent

Tract 53033029407 · King County, WA · pop 5,016 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

How risky is Arbor Village in Kent for landlords? Census tract 53033029407 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 65% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,698 a month while the average household earns $68,596 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 19% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,663
Renter share53.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$68,596

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Arbor Village
Very High
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 30 tracts In Kent
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#474 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kent and the region

Centroid at 47.3941, -122.2019 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arbor Village scores 5.5

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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,698 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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: 5.55.5This tracttract 029407Kent: 7.27.2Kentparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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)

  • 306Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 3.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak (2006)
  • 14Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330294072004: 31 filings (3.62/100 renter HHs)2005: 28 filings (2.96/100 renter HHs)2006: 47 filings (4.97/100 renter HHs)2007: 40 filings (4.23/100 renter HHs)2008: 30 filings (3.17/100 renter HHs)2009: 33 filings (3.49/100 renter HHs)2010: 19 filings (2.24/100 renter HHs)2011: 37 filings (4.55/100 renter HHs)2012: 27 filings (3.32/100 renter HHs)2013: 14 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 55% 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

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kent eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the King County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 306 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.0% of renter households in 2006.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033029407

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033029407?

Census tract 53033029407 in the Arbor Village neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 53033029407?

Median gross rent is $1,698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033029407?

14.4% of residents in tract 53033029407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,016.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033029407?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 89th, minority 79th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 53033029407 considered part of Arbor Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033029407 fall within Arbor Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033029407?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 306 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033029407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.43% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033029407 compare to Kent overall?

Tract 53033029407 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Kent at 7.2/10. 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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