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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Central Business District Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033007503 · King County, WA · pop 2,228 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 53033007503 covers part of the Central Business District area of Seattle, WA, and scores 8.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,228. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 51% Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units1,669
Renter share89.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$125,819

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Central Business District
High
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#46 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#46 of 494 tracts In King County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6138, -122.3172 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Business District scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Seattle
9.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$2,305 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Seattle
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Seattle
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Seattle
8.5

How Central Business District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central Business District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.58.5This tracttract 007503Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central Business District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Business District

89% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.

Disability prevalence runs 15.6% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $2,305, 14% above the Seattle average.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Seattle. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $125,819.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033007503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033007503?

Census tract 53033007503 in the Central Business District neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (High 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 53033007503?

Median gross rent is $2,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033007503?

17.4% of residents in tract 53033007503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,228.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033007503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 1th, minority 45th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 53033007503 considered part of Central Business District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033007503 fall within Central Business District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033007503 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033007503 scores 8.5/10, higher 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.
Q7

Was tract 53033007503 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 7% 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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