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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Union Hill-Novelty Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 53033032328 · King County, WA · pop 3,305

Census tract 53033032328 covers part of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,305 residents. The severe-burden share is 74%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 0% Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,081
Renter share1.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$226,781

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Very High
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#382 of 494 tracts In King County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#986 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Moderate
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Union Hill-Novelty Hill and the region

Centroid at 47.6642, -122.0461 · click any tract to drill in

Why Union Hill-Novelty Hill scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Union Hill-Novelty Hill
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Union Hill-Novelty Hill
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Union Hill-Novelty Hill
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Union Hill-Novelty Hill
5.9

How Union Hill-Novelty Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Union Hill-Novelty Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0323285.9Union Hill-Noveltyparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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)

  • 11Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 0.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2008)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53033032328
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Cost burden runs 74% here against 44.1% across King County. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.9/10.

Disability prevalence runs 18.3% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10.

Against the King County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 11 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2008, when 1.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 2% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53033032328

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53033032328?

Census tract 53033032328 in Union Hill-Novelty Hill scores 5.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 53033032328?

10.7% of residents in tract 53033032328 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,305.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 53033032328?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 8th, minority 45th, housing 19th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53033032328?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 53033032328 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.77% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

How does tract 53033032328 compare to Union Hill-Novelty Hill overall?

Tract 53033032328 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Union Hill-Novelty Hill at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Union Hill-Novelty Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Top eight tracts in Union Hill-Novelty Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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