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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Central City Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gresham

Tract 41051010001 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 5,876 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 41051010001 in the Central City area of Gresham, OR reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,876. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 26% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,622
Renter share75.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate22.9%
Median income$43,904

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Central City
Very High
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 22 tracts In Gresham
Very High
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#71 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Elevated
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#111 of 994 tracts In Oregon
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gresham and the region

Centroid at 45.5033, -122.4319 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central City scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gresham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
22.9% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,439 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gresham
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gresham
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gresham
7.5

How Central City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central City risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 0100016.4Greshamparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 1,219Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 5.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak (2012)
  • 80Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051010001
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 522Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.55×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central City

Cost burden runs 65% here against 49.7% across Multnomah County. Set annual rent against average income of $43,904 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,219 filings here across 16 tracked years.

At $1,439 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Gresham commands. Filings peaked in 2012 at 5.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051010001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051010001?

Census tract 41051010001 in the Central City neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 41051010001?

Median gross rent is $1,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051010001?

22.9% of residents in tract 41051010001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,876.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051010001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 89th, minority 48th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 41051010001 considered part of Central City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051010001 fall within Central City (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051010001?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,219 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051010001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051010001 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 41051010001 compare to Gresham overall?

Tract 41051010001 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Gresham at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gresham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gresham

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

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