2 census tracts · pop 9,308 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7/10
· range 6.8–7.2
Sunset Hill spans 2 census tracts of Seattle, WA, population 9,308. The Eviction Risk Score is 7/10, in the Elevated tier. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. 37% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, above the Seattle rate of 27.4%.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.2/10. The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
At $2,178 a month, rents sit 7% over what the rest of Seattle commands. That places it #54 of 65 neighborhoods in Seattle.
For a like-for-like read, Montlake and Lavilla score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $145,981, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.4 points apart at the extremes. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 7/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Sunset Hill vs SeattleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority37%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport44%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Frequently asked
About Sunset Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sunset Hill?
Sunset Hill scores 7/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Sunset Hill compare to Seattle overall?
Sunset Hill scores 0.9 points lower than Seattle overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,178 vs $2,030.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sunset Hill?
Average gross rent in Sunset Hill is $2,178/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sunset Hill residents are renters?
43% of Sunset Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Seattle). The neighborhood has 9,308 residents.
Q5
Is Sunset Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Sunset Hill sits in the 7th 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
Which tracts in Sunset Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sunset Hill is census tract 53033003201 (score 7.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 7.2, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Sunset Hill for landlords?
Sunset Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sunset Hill?
Sunset Hill has 9,506 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (76.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.4%), Hispanic / Latino (6.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
