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Neighborhood · Seattle, WA

Pinehurst Eviction Risk: High

5 census tracts · pop 22,308 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.5/10 · range 7.8–9.3

Pinehurst spans 5 census tracts of Seattle, WA, population 22,308. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.5/10, High tier. Against a Seattle baseline of 27.4%, 54% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.

22% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.8 to 9.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

The filing record is not thin: 164 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 2.0% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 1.3% in 2013 against a 2.0% peak.

That places it #15 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle. For a like-for-like read, Rainier Beach and Van Asselt score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $1,925, close to the Seattle average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $96,670. 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8.5
High
5 tracts · population-weighted
Pinehurst vs Seattle How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
53.6% +96%
Seattle: 27.4%
Average gross rent
$1,925 -5%
Seattle: $2,030
Average HH income
$96,670 -21%
Seattle: $121,984
Poverty rate
10.3% +4%
Seattle: 9.9%
Renter share
54.3% -4%
Seattle: 56.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pinehurst and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 7.8–9.3

Why Pinehurst scores 8.5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Rent control risk
54% of income on rent · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
54% renter households · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
10.3% below poverty line · Range 1.4–3.6 across tracts
2.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.6–2.6 across tracts
2.2
Risk score comparison

Pinehurst vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Pinehurst score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Pinehurst: 8.58.5PinehurstNeighborhoodParent city: 7.97.9Parent cityhost cityState: 6.16.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Pinehurst?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.5 points from 7.8 to 9.3. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

5 tracts in Pinehurst

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
53033000201 9.3 4,691 60% $1,920
53033001202 8.8 3,557 52% $1,953
53033000601 8.6 4,852 48% $1,999
53033000700 8.1 5,508 58% $1,775
53033000602 7.8 3,700 48% $2,032
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 60

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 50%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 38%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Pinehurst

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 164Total filings (sum)
  • 1.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.0%Peak year (2005)
  • 1.29%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked

About Pinehurst

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Pinehurst?

Pinehurst scores 8.5/10 (High tier) across 5 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 Pinehurst compare to Seattle overall?

Pinehurst scores 0.6 points higher than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,925 vs $2,030.
Q3

What is the average rent in Pinehurst?

Average gross rent in Pinehurst is $1,925/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Pinehurst residents are renters?

54% of Pinehurst households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 22,308 residents.
Q5

Is Pinehurst a high social-vulnerability area?

Pinehurst sits in the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Pinehurst have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Pinehurst is census tract 53033000201 (score 9.3/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.8 to 9.3, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Pinehurst for landlords?

Pinehurst carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.5/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Pinehurst?

Pinehurst has 22,163 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (54.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (16.8%), Hispanic / Latino (11%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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