4 census tracts · pop 13,100 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10
· range 6.3–7.3
Vermont Hills spans 4 census tracts of Portland, OR and houses 13,100 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.5/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 54% against 31.4% citywide, putting Vermont Hills 22.6% over its own city.
Severe burden reaches 30%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.3 to 7.3, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Filings are well documented here: 563 across 4 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 5.5% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.5% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #45 of 52 neighborhoods in Portland. The closest comparables inside the same city are Alberta and Grant Park.
Rent takes 17% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $1,717, close to the Portland average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Vermont Hills vs PortlandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Vermont Hills
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
563Total filings (sum)
2.21%Avg annual filing rate
5.5%Peak year (2009)
1.46%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
234Total filings 2020-21
0.8Avg monthly observed
0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
1.14×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA).
Frequently asked
About Vermont Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Vermont Hills?
Vermont Hills scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Vermont Hills compare to Portland overall?
Vermont Hills scores 1.2 points lower than Portland overall (7.7/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,717 vs $1,655.
Q3
What is the average rent in Vermont Hills?
Average gross rent in Vermont eviction laws Hills is $1,717/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Vermont Hills residents are renters?
33% of Vermont Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Portland). The neighborhood has 13,100 residents.
Q5
Is Vermont Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Vermont Hills sits in the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Vermont Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Vermont Hills is census tract 41051006702 (score 7.3/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.3 to 7.3, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Vermont Hills for landlords?
Vermont eviction laws Hills carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Vermont Hills?
Vermont Hills has 12,604 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (78.4%), Other / Multiracial (7.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
