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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

Tract 41051001400 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 6,056 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

41051001400 is a census tract in the Hawthorne area of Portland, OR. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,056. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 19% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,728
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$107,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Hawthorne
Elevated
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#120 of 168 tracts In Portland
Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#134 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Low
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#326 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5114, -122.6177 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,688 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Hawthorne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hawthorne risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.8This tracttract 0014007.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 214Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.3%Peak (2002)
  • 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051001400
Filings dropped 58% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 126Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.91×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 Hawthorne. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 214 eviction filings across 16 observed years. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Multnomah County average of 49.7%.

It sits 0.6 points below the Multnomah County average of 7.4. Filings peaked in 2002 at 2.3% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,688, close to the Portland average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051001400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051001400?

Census tract 41051001400 in the Hawthorne neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 41051001400?

Median gross rent is $1,688/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051001400?

8.3% of residents in tract 41051001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,056.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 4th, minority 38th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 41051001400 considered part of Hawthorne?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051001400 fall within Hawthorne (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051001400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 214 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051001400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.91× 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 41051001400 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051001400 scores 6.8/10, lower 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 41051001400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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