South Lake Union Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

89% 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. Against King County at 44.1%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.9% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.5 points above the King County average of 6.7. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

At $1,785 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Seattle commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $102,985.

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