1 census tracts · pop 5,891 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10
· range 7.7–7.7
Portage Bay maps to a single census tract in Seattle, WA and houses 5,891 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.7/10, in the Elevated tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Cost burden runs 37% against 27.4% citywide, putting Portage Bay 9.5% over its own city. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 58 evictions logged in this tract. The severe-burden share is 11%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 0.7% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 0.3% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #29 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle. For a like-for-like read, Alaska Junction and Highland Park score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $138,986, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion. Average gross rent runs $1,984, close to the Seattle average.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 7.7/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Portage Bay vs SeattleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority40%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Portage Bay
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
58Total filings (sum)
0.36%Avg annual filing rate
0.7%Peak year (2004)
0.27%Latest filed (2013)
Frequently asked
About Portage Bay
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Portage Bay?
Portage Bay scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Portage Bay compare to Seattle overall?
Portage Bay scores 0.2 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,984 vs $2,030.
Q3
What is the average rent in Portage Bay?
Average gross rent in Portage Bay is $1,984/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Portage Bay residents are renters?
53% of Portage Bay households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 5,891 residents.
Q5
Is Portage Bay a high social-vulnerability area?
Portage Bay sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Portage Bay for landlords?
Portage Bay carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Portage Bay?
Portage Bay has 6,104 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (76.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.2%), Hispanic / Latino (6.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
