Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 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
Tract 41009970800 sits in the Houlton Business District area of St. Helens, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 8,135 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.7
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 parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
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 4.7
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
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
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
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 44% here against 50.4% across Columbia County.
Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 72 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Columbia County average of 4.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,304, close to the St. Helens average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 4.7/10 (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 4.7/10, right in line with 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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