Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
University Park Eviction Risk: High , Seattle
Tract 53033004302 · King County, WA · pop 4,532 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
53033004302 is a census tract in the University Park area of Seattle, WA. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units1,703
Renter share93.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate39.7%
Median income$47,690
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6647, -122.3036 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Park 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
39.7% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$1,624 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 University Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 70%Grade B
- 10%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 36Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2004)
- 4Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Park
66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the King County average of 44.1%. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.9/10.
It sits 2.6 points above the King County average of 6.7. This is renter territory: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10.
The poverty rate is 40%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $47,690, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
At $1,624 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Seattle commands. The filing record is not thin: 36 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 1.1% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033004302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033004302?
Census tract 53033004302 in the University Park 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 53033004302?
Median gross rent is $1,624/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033004302?
39.7% of residents in tract 53033004302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033004302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 4th, minority 64th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 53033004302 considered part of University Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033004302 fall within University Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033004302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53033004302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.48% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53033004302 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033004302 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 53033004302 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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