2 census tracts · pop 9,226 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10
· range 8.2–9.3
Fairmont Springs spans 2 census tracts of Seattle, WA, population 9,226. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.8/10, in the High tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Seattle rate of 27.4%.
What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint 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.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,526, 25% below the Seattle average of $2,030. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 8.2 to 9.3, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Court records carry 290 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 8.2% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.2% in 2013, is well off that peak. Among the 65 mapped neighborhoods of Seattle, it ranks #10 by risk, the upper third. Against average income of $98,640, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion.
52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8.8
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Fairmont Springs vs SeattleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fairmont Springs
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
290Total filings (sum)
2.20%Avg annual filing rate
8.2%Peak year (2011)
1.19%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked
About Fairmont Springs
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fairmont Springs?
Fairmont Springs scores 8.8/10 (High 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 Fairmont Springs compare to Seattle overall?
Fairmont Springs scores 0.9 points higher than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,526 vs $2,030.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fairmont Springs?
Average gross rent in Fairmont Springs is $1,526/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fairmont Springs residents are renters?
52% of Fairmont Springs households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 9,226 residents.
Q5
Is Fairmont Springs a high social-vulnerability area?
Fairmont Springs sits in the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fairmont Springs have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fairmont Springs is census tract 53033010702 (score 9.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.2 to 9.3, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Fairmont Springs for landlords?
Fairmont Springs carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fairmont Springs?
Fairmont Springs has 9,232 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (38.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (31.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
