2 census tracts · pop 9,986 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 6.9–7.7
Blue Ridge is a 2-tract neighborhood of Seattle, WA and houses 9,986 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.3/10, in the Elevated tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Seattle rate of 27.4%.
What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
24% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10.
Filings are well documented here: 136 across 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 2.4% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 0.7% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #41 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle.
Only 27% 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. For a like-for-like read, Spring Beach and Crown Hill score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 14% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
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
7.3
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Blue Ridge vs SeattleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority37%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Blue Ridge
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
136Total filings (sum)
1.13%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak year (2006)
0.71%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked
About Blue Ridge
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Blue Ridge?
Blue Ridge scores 7.3/10 (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 Blue Ridge compare to Seattle overall?
Blue Ridge scores 0.6 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,069 vs $2,030.
Q3
What is the average rent in Blue Ridge?
Average gross rent in Blue Ridge is $2,069/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Blue Ridge residents are renters?
27% of Blue Ridge households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 9,986 residents.
Q5
Is Blue Ridge a high social-vulnerability area?
Blue Ridge sits in the 17th 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 Blue Ridge have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Blue Ridge is census tract 53033001400 (score 7.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.9 to 7.7, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Blue Ridge for landlords?
Blue Ridge carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). 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 Blue Ridge?
Blue Ridge has 10,078 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (74.5%), Other / Multiracial (9.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
