Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Columbia City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 41009970500 · Columbia County, OR · pop 6,813 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Columbia City
Tract 41009970500 sits in Columbia City, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 6,813 residents. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,659
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$93,635
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia City and the region
Centroid at 45.8757, -122.9490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia City scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbia City
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,715 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbia City
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbia City
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbia City
4.6
How Columbia City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 40Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2016)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 155Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.65×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 Columbia City
Cost burden runs 61% here against 50.4% across Columbia County. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,715, 26% above the Columbia City average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.2/10. Against the Columbia County average of 4.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 40 filings here across 2 tracked years.
On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
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 41009970500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41009970500?
Census tract 41009970500 in Columbia City scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 41009970500?
Median gross rent is $1,715/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41009970500?
8.7% of residents in tract 41009970500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,813.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41009970500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 38th, minority 17th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41009970500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 41009970500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.89% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41009970500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× 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 41009970500 compare to Columbia City overall?
Tract 41009970500 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Columbia City at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbia City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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