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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Waverly Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Milwaukie

Tract 41005020900 · Clackamas County, OR · pop 4,460 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

41005020900 is a census tract in the Waverly Heights area of Milwaukie, OR. It scores 7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,460 residents. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 18% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,720
Renter share43.6%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$90,321

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Waverly Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Milwaukie
Low
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 87 tracts In Clackamas County
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#283 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukie and the region

Centroid at 45.4551, -122.6277 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waverly Heights scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,350 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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.
Waverly Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.0This tracttract 0209006.5Milwaukieparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

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.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 92Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 2.02%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak (2007)
  • 3Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41005020900
Filings dropped 85% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Waverly Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waverly Heights

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Clackamas County average of 50.1%.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Clackamas County average of 5.6. Average gross rent is $1,350, 16% below the Milwaukie average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 92 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2007, when 2.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $90,321, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 41005020900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41005020900?

Census tract 41005020900 in the Waverly Heights neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 41005020900?

Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41005020900?

9.7% of residents in tract 41005020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,460.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41005020900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 81th, minority 41th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 41005020900 considered part of Waverly Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41005020900 fall within Waverly Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41005020900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 41005020900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.02% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 41005020900 compare to Milwaukie overall?

Tract 41005020900 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukie at 6.5/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Milwaukie

Top eight tracts in Milwaukie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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