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Neighborhood · Seattle, WA

Canterbury Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 5,709 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.8/10 · range 6.8–6.8

Canterbury maps to a single census tract in Seattle, WA and houses 5,709 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.8/10, in the Elevated tier. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.

Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10.

20% 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. 33% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Seattle rate of 27.4%.

Court records for this tract carry 28 eviction filings. At $2,353 a month, rents sit 16% over what the rest of Seattle commands.

Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 0.6% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.2% in 2012, is well off that peak.

That places it #63 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle. For a like-for-like read, Carleton Park and Seward Park score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $189,236, annual rent is only 15%, a wide affordability cushion.

One tract means one number: 6.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Canterbury vs Seattle How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
33.0% +20%
Seattle: 27.4%
Average gross rent
$2,353 +16%
Seattle: $2,030
Average HH income
$189,236 +55%
Seattle: $121,984
Poverty rate
1.6% -84%
Seattle: 9.9%
Renter share
44.8% -20%
Seattle: 56.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Canterbury and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6.8–6.8

Why Canterbury scores 6.8

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 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Rent control risk
33% of income on rent · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
45% renter households · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
1.6% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.8–3.8 across tracts
3.8
Risk score comparison

Canterbury vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Canterbury score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Canterbury: 6.86.8CanterburyNeighborhoodParent city: 7.97.9Parent cityhost cityState: 6.16.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Canterbury

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033006300 6.8 5,709 33% $2,353
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 21

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 21%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 33%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 24%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 31%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Canterbury

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 28Total filings (sum)
  • 0.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.6%Peak year (2005)
  • 0.21%Latest filed (2012)
Frequently asked

About Canterbury

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Canterbury?

Canterbury scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Canterbury compare to Seattle overall?

Canterbury scores 1.1 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 33% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,353 vs $2,030.
Q3

What is the average rent in Canterbury?

Average gross rent in Canterbury is $2,353/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Canterbury residents are renters?

45% of Canterbury households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 5,709 residents.
Q5

Is Canterbury a high social-vulnerability area?

Canterbury sits in the 21st 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

How safe is Canterbury for landlords?

Canterbury carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Canterbury?

Canterbury has 5,844 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5.6%), Other / Multiracial (4.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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