Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Whittier Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Seattle

Tract 53033004702 · King County, WA · pop 3,482 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

53033004702 is a census tract in the Whittier Heights area of Seattle, WA. It scores 7.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,482. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9.5/10.

Risk score

7.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 41% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units2,307

Renter share61.0%

SVI overall0.14

Poverty rate7.0%

Median income$137,487

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Seattle and the region

Centroid at 47.6705, -122.3778 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whittier Heights scores 7.2

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

7.0% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$2,522 rent vs county FMR

4.4

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 Whittier Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

9%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
84%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
0%Grade B
52%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

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Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whittier Heights

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Against King County at 44.1%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened. Disability prevalence runs 14.6% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Average gross rent is $2,522, 24% above the Seattle average. 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 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $137,487. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033004702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033004702?

Census tract 53033004702 in the Whittier Heights neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 53033004702?

Median gross rent is $2,522/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033004702?

7.0% of residents in tract 53033004702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,482.

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033004702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 0th, minority 55th, housing 84th.

Is tract 53033004702 considered part of Whittier Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033004702 fall within Whittier Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 53033004702 compare to Seattle overall?

Tract 53033004702 scores 7.2/10, 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.

Was tract 53033004702 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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