Medford historic districts Eviction Risk: Elevated

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $38,819, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

It sits 1.6 points above the Jackson County average of 6.1. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,059 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Medford commands.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 821 filings here across 14 tracked years.

Cost burden runs 51% here against 46.7% across Jackson County. Filings peaked in 2005 at 13.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.