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Neighborhood · Seattle, WA

Interbay Eviction Risk: Elevated

4 census tracts · pop 15,210 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.4/10 · range 6.8–8.3

Interbay is a 4-tract neighborhood of Seattle, WA and houses 15,210 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.4/10, Elevated tier. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. Scores across the 4 constituent tracts range from 6.8 to 8.3. A 1.5-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.

The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions logged in this tract. roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, marginally above the Seattle rate of 27.4%.

The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 0.8% of renter households. At $2,215 a month, rents sit 9% over what the rest of Seattle commands. The most recent observed rate, 0.2% in 2013, is well off that peak.

That places it #38 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle. Against average income of $161,896, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Interbay vs Seattle How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
31.0% +13%
Seattle: 27.4%
Average gross rent
$2,215 +9%
Seattle: $2,030
Average HH income
$161,896 +33%
Seattle: $121,984
Poverty rate
7.0% -29%
Seattle: 9.9%
Renter share
47.3% -16%
Seattle: 56.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Interbay and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 6.8–8.3

Why Interbay scores 7.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Rent control risk
31% of income on rent · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
47% renter households · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
7.0% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.4 across tracts
1.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.1–4.8 across tracts
3.3
Risk score comparison

Interbay vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Interbay score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.4InterbayNeighborhood7.9Parent cityhost city6.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Interbay?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.5 points from 6.8 to 8.3. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

4 tracts in Interbay

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
53033005804 8.3 2,449 28% $1,901
53033005902 7.5 4,213 45% $2,619
53033005901 7.3 3,832 22% $2,038
53033006900 6.8 4,716 27% $2,162
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 18%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 7%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 74%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Interbay

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 33Total filings (sum)
  • 0.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak year (2004)
  • 0.20%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Interbay

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Interbay?

Interbay scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Interbay compare to Seattle overall?

Interbay scores 0.5 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,215 vs $2,030.
Q3

What is the average rent in Interbay?

Average gross rent in Interbay is $2,215/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Interbay residents are renters?

47% of Interbay households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 15,210 residents.
Q5

Is Interbay a high social-vulnerability area?

Interbay sits in the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Interbay have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Interbay is census tract 53033005804 (score 8.3/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 8.3, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Interbay for landlords?

Interbay carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.4/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Interbay?

Interbay has 15,415 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (10.2%), Other / Multiracial (9.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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