South Park Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10. Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. At $1,416 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Seattle commands. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Court records carry 187 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 4.1% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $83,397.

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