Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Mercer Island Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53033024601 · King County, WA · pop 4,750
Tract 53033024601 sits in Mercer Island eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 4,750 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,691
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mercer Island and the region
Centroid at 47.5485, -122.2237 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mercer Island 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
3.0% 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 Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 6Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2006)
- 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mercer Island
At $3,501 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of Mercer Island commands. The clearest offset 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. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.6 points.
Disability prevalence runs 17.2% against 31.5% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.9/10. Cost burden runs 39% here against 44.1% across King County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6 filings here across 4 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.1% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2006 at 2.4% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033024601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033024601?
Census tract 53033024601 in Mercer Island 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 53033024601?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033024601?
3.0% of residents in tract 53033024601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033024601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 50th, minority 42th, housing 5th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033024601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 53033024601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53033024601 compare to Mercer Island overall?
Tract 53033024601 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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