Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: High , Portland
Tract 41051002303 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,710 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
41051002303 is a census tract in the Chinatown area of Portland, OR. It scores 9.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,710 residents. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units2,641
Renter share92.4%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate29.0%
Median income$47,849
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portland and the region
Centroid at 45.5339, -122.6672 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portland
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
29.0% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,671 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portland
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portland
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portland
8.5
How Chinatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 17%Grade C
- 40%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 511Total filings over 16 yrs
- 3.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.1%Peak (2000)
- 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 16 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 744Total filings 2020-21
- 9.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.31×Ratio to 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 Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chinatown
This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $47,849, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.
Against Multnomah County at 49.7%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 511 evictions over 16 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 6.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Portland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 41051002303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051002303?
Census tract 41051002303 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High 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 41051002303?
Median gross rent is $1,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41051002303?
29.0% of residents in tract 41051002303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,710.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41051002303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 37th, minority 49th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 41051002303 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051002303 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051002303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 511 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051002303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 41051002303 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.31× 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 41051002303 compare to Portland overall?
Tract 41051002303 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Portland at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 41051002303 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 40% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portland
Top eight tracts in Portland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Ladd's Addition
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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Gilbert
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · OR
Chinatown
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · OR
Gilbert
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · OR
Chinatown
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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Gateway
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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Nob Hill
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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Powellhurst
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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