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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Greek Row Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033005306 · King County, WA · pop 3,591 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 53033005306 sits in the Greek Row area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54% Stable renters 37% Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,772
Renter share91.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate46.7%
Median income$42,941

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Greek Row
Very High
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 494 tracts In King County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6631, -122.3141 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greek Row scores 9.3

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
46.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$2,023 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Greek Row compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greek Row risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 005306Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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 Greek Row. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greek Row

Set annual rent against average income of $42,941 and the ratio lands at 57%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 47%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the King County average of 44.1%. It sits 2.6 points above the King County average of 6.7.

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. 91% 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.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $2,023, close to the Seattle average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033005306

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033005306?

Census tract 53033005306 in the Greek Row neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 53033005306?

Median gross rent is $2,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033005306?

46.7% of residents in tract 53033005306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,591.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033005306?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 5th, minority 79th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 53033005306 considered part of Greek Row?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033005306 fall within Greek Row (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033005306 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033005306 scores 9.3/10, 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 53033005306 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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