Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Houlton Business District Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Helens
Tract 41009970700 · Columbia County, OR · pop 3,892 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 41009970700 sits in the Houlton Business District area of St. Helens, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,749
Renter share37.8%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$74,107
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Helens and the region
Centroid at 45.8578, -122.8032 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houlton Business District scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Helens
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,230 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Helens
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Helens
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Helens
5.2
How Houlton Business District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 57Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2014)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 68Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.58×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Houlton Business District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houlton Business District
20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 57 eviction filings across 2 observed years. At $1,230 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of St. Helens commands.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.
Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. 51% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Columbia County average of 4.9 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $74,107.
38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 41009970700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41009970700?
Census tract 41009970700 in the Houlton Business District neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 41009970700?
Median gross rent is $1,230/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41009970700?
9.2% of residents in tract 41009970700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,892.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41009970700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 53th, minority 30th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 41009970700 considered part of Houlton Business District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41009970700 fall within Houlton Business District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41009970700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 41009970700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.39% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 41009970700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.58× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 41009970700 compare to St. Helens overall?
Tract 41009970700 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of St. Helens at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Helens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Helens
Top eight tracts in St. Helens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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