Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Mercer Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mercer Island
Tract 53033024500 · King County, WA · pop 5,057 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 53033024500 covers part of the Mercer Heights area of Mercer Island, WA, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. At $3,501 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of Mercer Island commands.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,748
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate0.7%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mercer Island and the region
Centroid at 47.5664, -122.2170 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mercer Heights scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mercer Island
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
0.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
8.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mercer Island
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mercer Island
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mercer Island
4.4
How Mercer Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 8Total filings over 7 yrs
- 0.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2009)
- 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mercer Heights
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. The voucher gap is 31.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.6 points below the King County average of 6.7. Disability prevalence runs 17.3% against 31.5% nationally. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the King County average of 44.1%.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2009, when 1.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033024500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033024500?
Census tract 53033024500 in the Mercer Heights neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 53033024500?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033024500?
0.7% of residents in tract 53033024500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,057.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033024500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 39th, minority 54th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 53033024500 considered part of Mercer Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033024500 fall within Mercer Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033024500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 53033024500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.59% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033024500 compare to Mercer Island overall?
Tract 53033024500 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Mercer Island at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mercer Island eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mercer Island
Top eight tracts in Mercer Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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