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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Willows & Rose Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kirkland

Tract 53033022603 · King County, WA · pop 6,083 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 53033022603 covers part of the Willows & Rose Hill area of Kirkland, WA, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against King County at 44.1%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 13% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,643
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$163,413

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Willows & Rose Hill
Very High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 19 tracts In Kirkland
High
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#345 of 494 tracts In King County
Low
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#839 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kirkland and the region

Centroid at 47.6948, -122.1716 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willows & Rose Hill scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,455 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Willows & Rose Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willows & Rose Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 022603Kirkland: 6.66.6Kirklandparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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)

  • 78Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2008)
  • 4Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330226032004: 5 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)2005: 9 filings (1.34/100 renter HHs)2006: 12 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (0.74/100 renter HHs)2008: 16 filings (2.37/100 renter HHs)2009: 9 filings (1.34/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (0.75/100 renter HHs)2011: 7 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 6 filings (0.74/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (0.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Willows & Rose Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willows & Rose Hill

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.9/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Disability prevalence runs 17.4% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.

The filing record is not thin: 78 evictions over 10 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points below the King County average of 6.7.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 2.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,455, close to the Kirkland average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033022603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033022603?

Census tract 53033022603 in the Willows & Rose Hill 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 53033022603?

Median gross rent is $2,455/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033022603?

7.8% of residents in tract 53033022603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,083.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033022603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 12th, minority 58th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 53033022603 considered part of Willows & Rose Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033022603 fall within Willows & Rose Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033022603?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033022603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.13% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033022603 compare to Kirkland overall?

Tract 53033022603 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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