Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Houghton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kirkland
Tract 53033022702 · King County, WA · pop 4,035 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 53033022702 in the Houghton area of Kirkland, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,035 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.9/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,219
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$225,592
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kirkland and the region
Centroid at 47.6569, -122.1943 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houghton scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kirkland
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,471 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kirkland
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kirkland
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kirkland
7.5
How Houghton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 15Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Houghton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houghton
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.1% against 31.5% nationally.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. Cost burden runs 39% here against 44.1% across King County. The filing record is not thin: 15 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2005 at 1.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $225,592, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
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 53033022702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033022702?
Census tract 53033022702 in the Houghton neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 53033022702?
Median gross rent is $2,471/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033022702?
7.5% of residents in tract 53033022702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,035.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033022702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 3th, minority 46th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 53033022702 considered part of Houghton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033022702 fall within Houghton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033022702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033022702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.53% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033022702 compare to Kirkland overall?
Tract 53033022702 scores 6/10, lower than the parent city of Kirkland at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kirkland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kirkland
Top eight tracts in Kirkland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Meritage Ridge
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Maple Glen
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Maple Glen
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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53033022501
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Willows & Rose Hill
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Stonehedge Village
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Juanita
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Maple Glen
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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