Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Rainier Vista Eviction Risk: High , Seattle
Tract 53033010001 · King County, WA · pop 4,243 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 53033010001 sits in the Rainier Vista area of Seattle eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.3/10. It is home to 4,243 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,675
Renter share58.7%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$87,113
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.5680, -122.3050 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rainier Vista scores 9.3
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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,545 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Rainier Vista compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 42%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 77Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2006)
- 6Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Rainier Vista. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rainier Vista
It sits 2.6 points above the King County average of 6.7. Against King County at 44.1%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Average gross rent is $1,545, 24% below the Seattle average. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 77 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 4.1% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033010001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033010001?
Census tract 53033010001 in the Rainier Vista neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (High 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 53033010001?
Median gross rent is $1,545/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033010001?
20.3% of residents in tract 53033010001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,243.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033010001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 35th, minority 81th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 53033010001 considered part of Rainier Vista?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033010001 fall within Rainier Vista (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033010001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 77 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033010001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033010001 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033010001 scores 9.3/10, higher 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 53033010001 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 8% 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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