3 census tracts · pop 12,768 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 6.3–8.1
Waverly Heights is a 3-tract neighborhood of Portland, OR and houses 12,768 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, Elevated tier. Against a Portland baseline of 31.4%, 49% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 34%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.3 to 8.1, a 1.8-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2001 at 2.4% of renter households. At $1,796 a month, rents sit 9% over what the rest of Portland commands.
The most recent observed rate, 0.9% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #35 of 52 neighborhoods in Portland.
For a like-for-like read, Mountain Park and Colonial Heights score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 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
7.2
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Waverly Heights vs PortlandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority38%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Waverly Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
42Total filings (sum)
1.11%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak year (2001)
0.85%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
198Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
1.90×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA).
Frequently asked
About Waverly Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Waverly Heights?
Waverly Heights scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 Waverly Heights compare to Portland overall?
Waverly Heights scores 0.5 points lower than Portland overall (7.7/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,796 vs $1,655.
Q3
What is the average rent in Waverly Heights?
Average gross rent in Waverly Heights is $1,796/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Waverly Heights residents are renters?
33% of Waverly Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Portland). The neighborhood has 12,768 residents.
Q5
Is Waverly Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Waverly Heights sits in the 35th 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 Waverly Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Waverly Heights is census tract 41051000101 (score 8.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.3 to 8.1, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Waverly Heights for landlords?
Waverly Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 Waverly Heights?
Waverly Heights has 13,021 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (76.4%), Hispanic / Latino (12.1%), Other / Multiracial (5.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
