1 census tracts · pop 4,412 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10
· range 7.8–7.8
Lents is a one-tract suburb of Portland, OR and houses 4,412 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
36% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, above the Portland rate of 31.4%. Court records for this tract carry 1,020 eviction filings. Average gross rent is $1,449, 12% below the Portland average of $1,655.
Filing activity peaked in 2000 at 16.9% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 4.3% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Among the 52 mapped neighborhoods of Portland, it ranks #21 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Reed and Slabtown score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $78,281.
One tract means one number: 7.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Lents vs PortlandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport96%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lents
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,020Total filings (sum)
9.01%Avg annual filing rate
16.9%Peak year (2000)
4.26%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
386Total filings 2020-21
5.0Avg monthly observed
3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
1.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA).
Frequently asked
About Lents
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lents?
Lents scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Lents compare to Portland overall?
Lents scores 0.1 points higher than Portland overall (7.7/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,449 vs $1,655.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lents?
Average gross rent in Lents is $1,449/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lents residents are renters?
62% of Lents households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Portland). The neighborhood has 4,412 residents.
Q5
Is Lents a high social-vulnerability area?
Lents sits in the 87th 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
How safe is Lents for landlords?
Lents carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Portland as a whole (7.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Lents?
Lents has 4,482 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (48.5%), Other / Multiracial (17.2%), Hispanic / Latino (15.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
