Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Houlton Business District Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Helens
Tract 41009970800 ·
Columbia County, OR · pop 8,135 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 41009970800 runs through Houlton Business District in St. Helens. With 8,135 residents, it scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,304 a month while the average household earns $80,172 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%Stable renters 24%Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,714
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$80,172
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In Houlton Business District
Very Low
Within parent city
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In St. Helens
Moderate
Within county
80th percentile
#3 of 11 tracts In Columbia County
High
Within state
45th percentile
#551 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Helens and the region
Centroid at 45.8576, -122.8319 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houlton Business District scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,304 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
47%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
36%Racial/ethnic minority
86%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)
72Total filings over 2 yrs
3.40%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak (2014)
33Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
303Total filings 2020-21
3.9Avg monthly (observed)
1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
3.09×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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.
What drives eviction risk in Houlton Business District
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. Helens eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Columbia County average of 5.5 and below the Oregon statewide average of 6.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 41009970800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41009970800?
Census tract 41009970800 in the Houlton Business District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 41009970800?
Median gross rent is $1,304/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41009970800?
7.9% of residents in tract 41009970800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,135.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41009970800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 62th, minority 36th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 41009970800 considered part of Houlton Business District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41009970800 fall within Houlton Business District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41009970800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 41009970800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.40% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 41009970800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.09× 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 41009970800 compare to St. Helens overall?
Tract 41009970800 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of St. Helens at 6.4/10. 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.