Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,434 of 84,120 nationally
Waverly Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Milwaukie
Tract 41005020800 · Clackamas County, OR · pop 4,351 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 41005020800 sits in the Waverly Heights neighborhood of Milwaukie, Oregon. It has a population of 4,351 and an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). 60% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 22% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,483/month against a median household income of $68,179 — roughly 26% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,142
Renter share58.0%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$68,179
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukie and the region
Centroid at 45.4476, -122.6392 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waverly Heights scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milwaukie
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,483 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milwaukie
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milwaukie
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milwaukie
6.0
How Waverly Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 11%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 259Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2008)
- 31Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Waverly Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Frequently asked
About tract 41005020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41005020800?
Census tract 41005020800 in the Waverly Heights neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 41005020800?
Median gross rent is $1,483/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41005020800?
7.0% of residents in tract 41005020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,351.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41005020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 52th, minority 40th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 41005020800 considered part of Waverly Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41005020800 fall within Waverly Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41005020800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 41005020800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.49% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 41005020800 compare to Milwaukie overall?
Tract 41005020800 scores 6.2/10 — lower than the parent city of Milwaukie at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milwaukie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 41005020800 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Top eight tracts in Milwaukie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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