Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033011300 · King County, WA · pop 6,219 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
53033011300 is a census tract in the Highland Park area of Seattle, WA. It scores 7.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,219. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,811
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$127,075
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.5274, -122.3436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Park scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,670 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Highland Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 70%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 214Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2012)
- 23Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highland Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Park
Against King County at 44.1%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Average gross rent is $1,670, 18% below the Seattle average.
Court records carry 214 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 1.5% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $127,075, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033011300?
Census tract 53033011300 in the Highland Park neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 53033011300?
Median gross rent is $1,670/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033011300?
5.9% of residents in tract 53033011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,219.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 60th, minority 66th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 53033011300 considered part of Highland Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033011300 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033011300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 214 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.17% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033011300 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033011300 scores 7.2/10, 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 53033011300 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. 70% 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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