2 census tracts · pop 10,014 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10
· range 7.8–7.8
Rockwood spans 2 census tracts of Gresham, OR and houses 10,014 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. 39% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Against a Gresham baseline of 34.4%, 63% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.3/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
At $1,257 a month, rents sit 21% under what the rest of Gresham commands. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 1,939 evictions logged in this tract. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 14.8% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 9.3% in 2016 against a 14.8% peak. That places it #1 of 9 neighborhoods in Gresham.
For a like-for-like read, North Gresham and Wilkes East score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $53,675.
With little internal variation, 7.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Rockwood vs GreshamHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport93%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Rockwood
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,939Total filings (sum)
10.43%Avg annual filing rate
14.8%Peak year (2006)
9.29%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
892Total filings 2020-21
6.1Avg monthly observed
5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.11×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA).
Frequently asked
About Rockwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Rockwood?
Rockwood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Rockwood compare to Gresham overall?
Rockwood scores 1.4 points higher than Gresham overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,257 vs $1,586.
Q3
What is the average rent in Rockwood?
Average gross rent in Rockwood is $1,257/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Rockwood residents are renters?
45% of Rockwood households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Gresham). The neighborhood has 10,014 residents.
Q5
Is Rockwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Rockwood sits in the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Rockwood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Rockwood is census tract 41051009606 (score 7.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.8 to 7.8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Rockwood for landlords?
Rockwood carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Gresham as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Rockwood?
Rockwood has 9,935 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.6%), Hispanic / Latino (28.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
