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Neighborhood · Portland, OR

Swan Island Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 55 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.5/10 · range 7.5–7.5

Swan Island is a one-tract neighborhood of Portland, OR and houses 55 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.5/10, Elevated tier. 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.

The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract. That places it #26 of 52 neighborhoods in Portland.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Belmont and Errol Heights.

One tract means one number: 7.5/10 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
7.5
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Swan Island vs Portland How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
0.0% -100%
Portland: 31.4%
Average gross rent
$0 -100%
Portland: $1,655
Average HH income
$0 -100%
Portland: $88,792
Poverty rate
0.0% -100%
Portland: 12.8%
Renter share
0.0% -100%
Portland: 48.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Swan Island and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 7.5–7.5

Why Swan Island scores 7.5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts
7.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.1–8.1 across tracts
8.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Rent control risk
Stabilization & control ordinances · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Tenant union density · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
Poverty & unemployment · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Risk score comparison

Swan Island vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Swan Island score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.5Swan IslandNeighborhood7.7Parent cityhost city6.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Swan Island

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
41051980000 7.5 55 , ,
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Swan Island

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1Total filings (sum)
  • 0.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.0%Peak year (2009)
  • 0.00%Latest filed (2009)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 3Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly observed
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA).

Frequently asked

About Swan Island

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Swan Island?

Swan Island scores 7.5/10 (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 Swan Island compare to Portland overall?

Swan Island scores 0.2 points lower than Portland overall (7.7/10).
Q3

How safe is Swan Island for landlords?

Swan Island carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.5/10). 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.
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Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Swan Island.

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