Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
St. Helens Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 41009970600 · Columbia County, OR · pop 6,184 · 23% of tract blocks fall in St. Helens
In St. Helens, census tract 41009970600 scores 4.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,124 monthly, set against $111,169 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,449
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$111,169
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Helens and the region
Centroid at 45.8160, -122.8827 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Helens scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Helens
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,124 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Helens
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Helens
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Helens
5.2
How St. Helens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
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)
- 12Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2016)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 28Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Helens
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.1/10. 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 St. Helens eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Columbia County average of 5.5 and below the Oregon statewide average of 6.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.56x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 41009970600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41009970600?
Census tract 41009970600 in St. Helens scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 41009970600?
Median gross rent is $1,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41009970600?
3.0% of residents in tract 41009970600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,184.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41009970600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 14th, minority 16th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41009970600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 41009970600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.53% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41009970600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 41009970600 compare to St. Helens overall?
Tract 41009970600 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of St. Helens at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Helens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Helens
Top eight tracts in St. Helens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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