Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Medford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 41029000800 · Jackson County, OR · pop 7,145 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Medford
41029000800 is a census tract in Medford, OR. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 7,145. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,854
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$55,599
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Medford and the region
Centroid at 42.3229, -122.9203 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medford scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Medford
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,241 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Medford
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Medford
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Medford
6.8
How Medford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 490Total filings over 14 yrs
- 5.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2008)
- 34Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 235Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked South Bend, IN 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 Medford
Cost burden runs 56% here against 46.7% across Jackson County. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10.
Against the Jackson County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 490 filings here across 14 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,241, 10% below the Medford average. Filings peaked in 2008 at 7.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
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 41029000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41029000800?
Census tract 41029000800 in Medford scores 7.1/10 (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 41029000800?
Median gross rent is $1,241/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41029000800?
15.3% of residents in tract 41029000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,145.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41029000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 71th, minority 50th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41029000800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 490 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 41029000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.50% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41029000800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (South Bend eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 41029000800 compare to Medford overall?
Tract 41029000800 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Medford at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Medford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Medford
Top eight tracts in Medford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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