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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Roosevelt Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033003602 · King County, WA · pop 4,171 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 8.3/10, tract 53033003602 in the Roosevelt area of Seattle, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,171 residents. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 50% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units3,075
Renter share86.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$100,954

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Roosevelt
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Elevated
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 494 tracts In King County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6801, -122.3218 · click any tract to drill in

Why Roosevelt scores 8.3

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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,043 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Roosevelt compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Roosevelt risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.38.3This tracttract 003602Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

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Within Roosevelt. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Roosevelt

87% 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. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.6% against 31.5% nationally.

19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.6 points above the King County average of 6.7. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters.

Average gross rent is $2,043, close to the Seattle average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $100,954.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033003602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033003602?

Census tract 53033003602 in the Roosevelt neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 53033003602?

Median gross rent is $2,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033003602?

9.3% of residents in tract 53033003602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,171.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033003602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 2th, minority 61th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 53033003602 considered part of Roosevelt?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033003602 fall within Roosevelt (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033003602 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033003602 scores 8.3/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 53033003602 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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