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

Echo Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shoreline

Tract 53033020302 · King County, WA · pop 3,969 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

How risky is Echo Lake in Shoreline for landlords? Census tract 53033020302 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 55th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,978 a month against an average household income of $96,090 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 14% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,448
Renter share38.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$96,090

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Echo Lake
Moderate
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Shoreline
Very High
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#208 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 47.7673, -122.3393 · 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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,978 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 020302Shoreline: 6.96.9Shorelineparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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

The heaviest input here 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 64th 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 53033020302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033020302?

Census tract 53033020302 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 53033020302?

Median gross rent is $1,978/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033020302?

11.2% of residents in tract 53033020302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,969.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033020302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 68th, minority 61th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 53033020302 considered part of Echo Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033020302 fall within Echo Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 53033020302 compare to Shoreline overall?

Tract 53033020302 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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