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Neighborhood · Beaverton, OR

Mortondale Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 7,345 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10 · range 7.8–7.9

Mortondale spans 2 census tracts of Beaverton, OR and houses 7,345 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

41% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Beaverton rate of 29.9%. This is a renter market: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Severe burden reaches 27%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Court records for this tract carry 214 eviction filings.

On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 4.1% of renter households.

That places it #2 of 14 neighborhoods in Beaverton. Judgments average 0.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Central Beaverton and Fanno score within a fraction of it.

Its 2 tracts score within 0.1 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,830, close to the Beaverton average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $80,328.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Mortondale vs Beaverton How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
41.3% +38%
Beaverton: 29.9%
Average gross rent
$1,830 +0%
Beaverton: $1,826
Average HH income
$80,328 -15%
Beaverton: $94,279
Poverty rate
14.5% +47%
Beaverton: 9.9%
Renter share
81.9% +66%
Beaverton: 49.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mortondale and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 7.8–7.9

Why Mortondale scores 7.8

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 6.7–6.7 across tracts
6.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Rent control risk
41% of income on rent · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
82% renter households · Range 9.2–9.2 across tracts
9.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Economic stress
14.5% below poverty line · Range 3.3–3.8 across tracts
3.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.9–4.6 across tracts
4.2
Risk score comparison

Mortondale vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Mortondale score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.8MortondaleNeighborhood6.5Parent cityhost city6.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Mortondale

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
41067031402 7.9 2,887 52% $1,914
41067031623 7.8 4,458 35% $1,776
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 70

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 61%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 44%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Mortondale

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 214Total filings (sum)
  • 3.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.1%Peak year (2018)
  • 4.08%Latest filed (2018)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 632Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.2Avg monthly observed
  • 4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.99×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Mortondale

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Mortondale?

Mortondale scores 7.8/10 (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 Mortondale compare to Beaverton overall?

Mortondale scores 1.3 points higher than Beaverton overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,830 vs $1,826.
Q3

What is the average rent in Mortondale?

Average gross rent in Mortondale is $1,830/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Mortondale residents are renters?

82% of Mortondale households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Beaverton). The neighborhood has 7,345 residents.
Q5

Is Mortondale a high social-vulnerability area?

Mortondale sits in the 70th 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 Mortondale have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Mortondale is census tract 41067031402 (score 7.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.8 to 7.9, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Mortondale for landlords?

Mortondale carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). 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 Beaverton as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Mortondale?

Mortondale has 7,775 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42%), Hispanic / Latino (28.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (20.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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