Lawton Park Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Disability prevalence runs 16.7% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.5 points above the King County average of 6.7.

50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the King County average of 44.1%. Average gross rent is $2,208, 9% above the Seattle average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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