Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Meridian Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033005000 · King County, WA · pop 4,467 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 53033005000 sits in the Meridian area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Population here is 4,467. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,508
Renter share76.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$108,994
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6609, -122.3418 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meridian scores 7.8
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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,015 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 Meridian compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
- 100%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)
- 36Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.6%Peak (2006)
- 3Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meridian. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meridian
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. 76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Disability prevalence runs 18.0% against 31.5% nationally.
Cost burden runs 52% here against 44.1% across King County. It sits 1.1 points above the King County average of 6.7. The filing record is not thin: 36 evictions over 10 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 0.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.
In a typical year about 0.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033005000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033005000?
Census tract 53033005000 in the Meridian neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 53033005000?
Median gross rent is $2,015/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033005000?
6.5% of residents in tract 53033005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,467.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033005000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 3th, minority 53th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 53033005000 considered part of Meridian?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033005000 fall within Meridian (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033005000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033005000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.28% of renter households, peaking at 0.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033005000 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033005000 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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 53033005000 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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