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Neighborhood · Seattle, WA

Arbor Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 5,583 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.1/10 · range 6.6–7.4

Arbor Heights is a 2-tract neighborhood of Seattle, WA and houses 5,583 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.1/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 43% against 27.4% citywide, putting Arbor Heights 15.8% over its own city.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 105 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 3.9% of renter households. Average gross rent is $2,213, 9% above the Seattle average of $2,030.

The most recent observed rate, 1.4% in 2013, is well off that peak. Among the 65 mapped neighborhoods of Seattle, it ranks #49 by risk, the lower third.

Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are North Beach and Whittier Heights.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Arbor Heights vs Seattle How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
43.2% +58%
Seattle: 27.4%
Average gross rent
$2,213 +9%
Seattle: $2,030
Average HH income
$115,081 -6%
Seattle: $121,984
Poverty rate
6.0% -39%
Seattle: 9.9%
Renter share
21.5% -62%
Seattle: 56.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Arbor Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 6.6–7.4

Why Arbor Heights scores 7.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.3–9.5 across tracts
8.2
Rent control risk
43% of income on rent · Range 8.1–9.0 across tracts
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–8.5 across tracts
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
22% renter households · Range 8.5–9.0 across tracts
8.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.7–8.5 across tracts
8.2
Economic stress
6.0% below poverty line · Range 1.2–1.9 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.6–4.5 across tracts
3.3
Risk score comparison

Arbor Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Arbor Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Arbor Heights: 7.17.1Arbor HeightsNeighborhoodParent city: 7.97.9Parent cityhost cityState: 6.16.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Arbor Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033012000 7.4 3,308 39% $2,531
53033026600 6.6 2,275 50% $1,750
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 12

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 17%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 28%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 12%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Arbor Heights

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 105Total filings (sum)
  • 1.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.9%Peak year (2011)
  • 1.31%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Arbor Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Arbor Heights?

Arbor Heights scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Arbor Heights compare to Seattle overall?

Arbor Heights scores 0.8 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,213 vs $2,030.
Q3

What is the average rent in Arbor Heights?

Average gross rent in Arbor Heights is $2,213/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Arbor Heights residents are renters?

22% of Arbor Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 5,583 residents.
Q5

Is Arbor Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Arbor Heights sits in the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Arbor Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Arbor Heights is census tract 53033012000 (score 7.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.6 to 7.4, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7

How safe is Arbor Heights for landlords?

Arbor Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.1/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Seattle as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Arbor Heights?

Arbor Heights has 5,466 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.3%), Hispanic / Latino (11.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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