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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

West Campus Eviction Risk: High , Seattle

Tract 53033005304 · King County, WA · pop 3,541 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

With a score of 9.3/10, tract 53033005304 in the West Campus area of Seattle, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,541 residents. The severe-burden share is 71%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 80% Stable renters 20% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units157
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate37.9%
Median income$25,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In West Campus
Elevated
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 177 tracts In Seattle
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 494 tracts In King County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6561, -122.3150 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Campus scores 9.3

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
37.9% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$1,729 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 West Campus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Campus risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 005304Seattle: 7.97.9Seattleparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Campus. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Campus

Cost burden runs 80% here against 44.1% across King County. Annualized rent equals 83% of average household income of $25,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10. It sits 2.6 points above the King County average of 6.7.

Running hot, economic stress reads 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. At $1,729 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Seattle commands. 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.

Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033005304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033005304?

Census tract 53033005304 in the West Campus 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 53033005304?

Median gross rent is $1,729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033005304?

37.9% of residents in tract 53033005304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,541.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033005304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 1th, minority 72th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 53033005304 considered part of West Campus?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033005304 fall within West Campus (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033005304 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033005304 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.
Q7

Was tract 53033005304 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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