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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,224 of 84,120 nationally

Little Saigon Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033009000 · King County, WA · pop 3,890 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 53033009000 sits in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It has a population of 3,890 and an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). 47% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 25% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,014/month against a median household income of $62,443 — roughly 39% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 41% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units2,337
Renter share78.3%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$62,443

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank — 71th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 8 tracts In Little Saigon
Elevated
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank — 87th percentileBottomTop
#24 of 177 tracts In Seattle
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank — 95th percentileBottomTop
#25 of 494 tracts In King County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank — 99th percentileBottomTop
#27 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.5980, -122.3089 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Saigon scores 6.5

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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$2,014 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Little Saigon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Saigon risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 009000Seattle: 8.28.2Seattleparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.25.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 106Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2005)
  • 7Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 — 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330090002004: 9 filings (1.41/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (1.89/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (1.57/100 renter HHs)2007: 12 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (0.73/100 renter HHs)2009: 12 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (1.02/100 renter HHs)2011: 9 filings (0.72/100 renter HHs)2012: 6 filings (0.48/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (0.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

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Within Little Saigon. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033009000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033009000?

Census tract 53033009000 in the Little Saigon neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 53033009000?

Median gross rent is $2,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033009000?

19.4% of residents in tract 53033009000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,890.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033009000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 84th, minority 73th, housing 99th.

Q5

Is tract 53033009000 considered part of Little Saigon?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033009000 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033009000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033009000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.09% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

How does tract 53033009000 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033009000 scores 6.5/10 — lower than the parent city of Seattle at 8.2/10. 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 53033009000 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 76% 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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