Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Westlake Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle
Tract 53033006702 · King County, WA · pop 3,086 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 53033006702 in the Westlake area of Seattle, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 17% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the King County average of 44.1%.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 62%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,124
Renter share75.6%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$136,541
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seattle and the region
Centroid at 47.6273, -122.3457 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westlake scores 7.5
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,419 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Westlake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 20%Grade B
- 41%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westlake. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlake
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
76% 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. Disability prevalence runs 15.2% against 31.5% nationally.
Average gross rent is $2,419, 19% above the Seattle average. It sits 0.8 points above the King County average of 6.7. 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.
That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53033006702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033006702?
Census tract 53033006702 in the Westlake neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (Elevated 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 53033006702?
Median gross rent is $2,419/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53033006702?
9.7% of residents in tract 53033006702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,086.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53033006702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 1th, minority 55th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 53033006702 considered part of Westlake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033006702 fall within Westlake (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 53033006702 compare to Seattle overall?
Tract 53033006702 scores 7.5/10, lower 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 53033006702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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