Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Licton Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate , Seattle
Tract 53033002700 · King County, WA · pop 6,141 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Licton Springs neighborhood of Seattle is where census tract 53033002700 sits, home to 6,141 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 67% of US census tracts.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,238 a month while the average household earns $220,329 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,426
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$220,329
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6869, -122.3311 · click any tract to drill in
Why Licton Springs scores 4
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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,238 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Licton Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 99%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 27Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Licton Springs. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Licton Springs
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Seattle eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the King County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 0.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.2% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033002700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033002700?
Census tract 53033002700 in the Licton Springs neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 53033002700?
Median gross rent is $3,238/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033002700?
5.0% of residents in tract 53033002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,141.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033002700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 11th, minority 44th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 53033002700 considered part of Licton Springs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033002700 fall within Licton Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033002700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033002700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.40% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033002700 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033002700 scores 4/10, 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 53033002700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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