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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Echo Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shoreline

Tract 53033020301 · King County, WA · pop 3,436 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 53033020301 sits in the Echo Lake area of Shoreline eviction risk, Washington eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #44,059 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,874 monthly, set against $92,642 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 36% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,602
Renter share65.2%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$92,642

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Echo Lake
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 12 tracts In Shoreline
Very High
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#216 of 494 tracts In King County
Elevated
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#981 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shoreline and the region

Centroid at 47.7719, -122.3411 · click any tract to drill in

Why Echo Lake scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Shoreline
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,874 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shoreline
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shoreline
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shoreline
6.0

How Echo Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Echo Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 020301Shoreline: 6.96.9Shorelineparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Echo Lake. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Echo Lake

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Shoreline eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the King County average of 5.5 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033020301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033020301?

Census tract 53033020301 in the Echo Lake neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 53033020301?

Median gross rent is $1,874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033020301?

10.5% of residents in tract 53033020301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,436.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033020301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 20th, minority 61th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 53033020301 considered part of Echo Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033020301 fall within Echo Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033020301 compare to Shoreline overall?

Tract 53033020301 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Shoreline at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shoreline eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Shoreline

Top eight tracts in Shoreline ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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