2 census tracts · pop 7,467 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.4/10
· range 6.9–8
Saint Johns is a 2-tract suburb of Portland, OR and houses 7,467 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.4/10, Elevated tier. 65% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Portland rate of 31.4%.
30% 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. What pushes the score up most 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. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.9 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
The filing record is not thin: 610 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 16.1% of renter households.
At $1,814 a month, rents sit 10% over what the rest of Portland commands. Recent filings have not receded much: 14.5% in 2016 against a 16.1% peak. Among the 52 mapped neighborhoods of Portland, it ranks #29 by risk, the middle third.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Errol Heights and Belmont. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $88,624.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Saint Johns vs PortlandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport49%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Saint Johns
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
610Total filings (sum)
11.32%Avg annual filing rate
16.1%Peak year (2009)
14.51%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
717Total filings 2020-21
4.4Avg monthly observed
2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
1.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA).
Frequently asked
About Saint Johns
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Saint Johns?
Saint Johns scores 7.4/10 (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 Saint Johns compare to Portland overall?
Saint Johns scores 0.3 points lower than Portland overall (7.7/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,814 vs $1,655.
Q3
What is the average rent in Saint Johns?
Average gross rent in Saint Johns is $1,814/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Saint Johns residents are renters?
32% of Saint Johns households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Portland). The neighborhood has 7,467 residents.
Q5
Is Saint Johns a high social-vulnerability area?
Saint Johns sits in the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Saint Johns have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Saint Johns is census tract 41051007202 (score 8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.9 to 8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Saint Johns for landlords?
Saint Johns carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.4/10). 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 Portland as a whole (7.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Saint Johns?
Saint Johns has 8,069 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43.4%), Hispanic / Latino (29.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
