4 census tracts · pop 20,319 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 6.8–8.2
Lawton Park takes in 4 census tracts of Seattle, WA and houses 20,319 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, Elevated tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number 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. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 30% of renter households.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.8 to 8.2, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 144 across 2 observed tracts.
At $2,290 a month, rents sit 13% over what the rest of Seattle commands. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 0.9% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 0.4% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #45 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle.
For a like-for-like read, Evergreen and Westlake score within a fraction of it.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Lawton Park vs SeattleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lawton Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
144Total filings (sum)
0.57%Avg annual filing rate
0.9%Peak year (2010)
0.39%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked
About Lawton Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lawton Park?
Lawton Park scores 7.2/10 (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 Lawton Park compare to Seattle overall?
Lawton Park scores 0.7 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,290 vs $2,030.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lawton Park?
Average gross rent in Lawton Park is $2,290/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lawton Park residents are renters?
58% of Lawton Park households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 20,319 residents.
Q5
Is Lawton Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Lawton Park sits in the 20th 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 Lawton Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lawton Park is census tract 53033004701 (score 8.2/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 8.2, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Lawton Park for landlords?
Lawton Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). 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 Lawton Park?
Lawton Park has 20,680 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.6%), Other / Multiracial (8.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
