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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Richmond Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated , Shoreline

Tract 53033020700 · King County, WA · pop 4,460 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 53033020700 sits in the Richmond Highlands area of Shoreline eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. It is home to 4,460 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2/10.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 28% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,779
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$100,046

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Richmond Highlands
Moderate
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 12 tracts In Shoreline
High
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#247 of 494 tracts In King County
Moderate
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#526 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shoreline and the region

Centroid at 47.7562, -122.3473 · click any tract to drill in

Why Richmond Highlands scores 6.9

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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,868 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 Richmond Highlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Richmond Highlands risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 020700Shoreline: 6.46.4Shorelineparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 122Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.3%Peak (2011)
  • 8Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530330207002004: 14 filings (2.14/100 renter HHs)2005: 9 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2006: 10 filings (1.37/100 renter HHs)2007: 17 filings (2.33/100 renter HHs)2008: 15 filings (2.05/100 renter HHs)2009: 8 filings (1.10/100 renter HHs)2010: 9 filings (1.27/100 renter HHs)2011: 18 filings (2.29/100 renter HHs)2012: 14 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (1.02/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 10 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Richmond Highlands

Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.

roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the King County average of 44.1%. The filing record is not thin: 122 evictions over 10 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 2.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the King County average of 6.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,868, close to the Shoreline average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $100,046.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53033020700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033020700?

Census tract 53033020700 in the Richmond Highlands neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 53033020700?

Median gross rent is $1,868/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53033020700?

9.9% of residents in tract 53033020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,460.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033020700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 66th, minority 62th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 53033020700 considered part of Richmond Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53033020700 fall within Richmond Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033020700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53033020700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.66% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53033020700 compare to Shoreline overall?

Tract 53033020700 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Shoreline at 6.4/10. 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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