Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Rainier Beach Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033026300 · King County, WA · pop 1,781 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 53033026300 sits in the Rainier Beach area of Tukwila, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 1,781 residents. 75% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the King County average of 44.1%.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units550
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$79,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.5037, -122.2847 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rainier Beach scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Seattle
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,671 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Seattle
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Seattle
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Seattle
6.1
How Rainier Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 40Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Rainier Beach. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rainier Beach
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. At $2,671 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Tukwila commands.
Set annual rent against average income of $79,000 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 40 filings here across 10 tracked years.
It sits 0.7 points above the King County average of 6.7. The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.7% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033026300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033026300?
Census tract 53033026300 in the Rainier Beach neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 53033026300?
Median gross rent is $2,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033026300?
4.5% of residents in tract 53033026300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,781.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033026300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 37th, minority 81th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 53033026300 considered part of Rainier Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033026300 fall within Rainier Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033026300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033026300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033026300 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033026300 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of Seattle at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Seattle eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 53033026300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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