Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Rainier Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 41009970300 · Columbia County, OR · pop 4,508 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Rainier
Tract 41009970300 sits in Rainier, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It is home to 4,508 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,809
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$64,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rainier and the region
Centroid at 46.0815, -122.9817 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rainier scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rainier
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$891 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rainier
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rainier
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rainier
5.9
How Rainier compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
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)
- 58Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2014)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 57Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.53×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rainier
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. It sits 2.3 points above the Columbia County average of 4.9. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 58 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Against average income of $64,531, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
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 41009970300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41009970300?
Census tract 41009970300 in Rainier scores 7.2/10 (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 41009970300?
Median gross rent is $891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41009970300?
18.8% of residents in tract 41009970300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,508.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41009970300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 87th, minority 24th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41009970300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 41009970300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.40% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41009970300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 41009970300 compare to Rainier overall?
Tract 41009970300 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Rainier at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rainier; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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