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Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Altamont Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 41035971500 · Klamath County, OR · pop 5,086 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Altamont

41035971500 is a census tract in Altamont, OR. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 20% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,929
Renter share38.3%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate25.3%
Median income$49,213

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Altamont
Very High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#7 of 22 tracts In Klamath County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#255 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,481 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Altamont and the region

Centroid at 42.1874, -121.7645 · click any tract to drill in

Why Altamont scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Altamont
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
25.3% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Altamont
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Altamont
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Altamont
7.2

How Altamont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Altamont risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 9715005.9Altamontparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 159Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 4.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2012)
  • 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41035971500
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 172Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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 Altamont

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is state political climate at 7.2/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Klamath County average of 6.0. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.2/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10.

Court records carry 159 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Against Klamath County at 43.7%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. The worst year on record was 2012, when 5.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, 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.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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 41035971500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41035971500?

Census tract 41035971500 in Altamont 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 41035971500?

Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41035971500?

25.3% of residents in tract 41035971500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,086.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41035971500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 96th, minority 64th, housing 63th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41035971500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 159 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 41035971500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.78% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 41035971500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (South Bend eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 41035971500 compare to Altamont overall?

Tract 41035971500 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Altamont at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Altamont eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Altamont

Top eight tracts in Altamont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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