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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033003900 · King County, WA · pop 3,267 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 53033003900 covers part of the Hawthorne Hills area of Seattle, WA, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,267 residents. At $3,142 a month, rents run 55% over what the rest of Seattle commands.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 13% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$211,406

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Hawthorne Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#164 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#263 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#569 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6794, -122.2823 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne Hills scores 6.8

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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,142 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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 Hawthorne Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hawthorne Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 003900Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 3Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 0.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.3%Peak (2011)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330039002004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 1 filings (0.33/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.33/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (0.33/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hawthorne Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne Hills

The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Disability prevalence runs 15.9% against 31.5% nationally. Against King County at 44.1%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened.

15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 17.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Court records carry 3 eviction filings across 3 observed years.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.5% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2011, when 0.3% of renter households were served. 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.

In a typical year about 0.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033003900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033003900?

Census tract 53033003900 in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 53033003900?

Median gross rent is $3,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033003900?

2.2% of residents in tract 53033003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,267.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033003900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 26th, minority 52th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 53033003900 considered part of Hawthorne Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033003900 fall within Hawthorne Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033003900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53033003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.33% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033003900 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033003900 scores 6.8/10, lower 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.
Q8

Was tract 53033003900 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Seattle ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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