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

Kenwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033000202 · King County, WA · pop 4,425 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 53033000202 sits in the Kenwood area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. Population here is 4,425. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 17% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$136,597

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Kenwood
Very Low
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#167 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very Low
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#274 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 47.7270, -122.3026 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kenwood 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
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,674 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 Kenwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 000202Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kenwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kenwood

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Disability prevalence runs 18.9% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,674, 18% below the Seattle average.

Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $136,597, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

41% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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 53033000202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033000202?

Census tract 53033000202 in the Kenwood 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 53033000202?

Median gross rent is $1,674/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033000202?

3.3% of residents in tract 53033000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,425.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033000202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 33th, minority 65th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 53033000202 considered part of Kenwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033000202 fall within Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033000202 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033000202 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Seattle

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

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