Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

Medford historic districts Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 41029000501 · Jackson County, OR · pop 3,115 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 6.6/10, tract 41029000501 in the Medford historic districts area of Medford, OR reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,115. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score

6.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 27% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,410

Renter share44.8%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate16.4%

Median income$77,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Medford and the region

Centroid at 42.3245, -122.8584 · click any tract to drill in

Why Medford historic districts scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Medford

5.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Oregon legislature & governorship

7.2

Economic stress

16.4% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$1,294 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Medford

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Medford

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Medford

6.8

How Medford historic districts compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

67%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
30%Racial/ethnic minority
56%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)

480Total filings over 14 yrs
3.49%Avg annual filing rate
3.6%Peak (2001)
37Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

146Total filings 2020-21
1.9Avg monthly (observed)
2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.74×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked South Bend, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Medford historic districts. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Medford historic districts

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.7% across Jackson County. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 480 filings here across 14 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 3.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Jackson County average of 6.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,294, close to the Medford average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $77,963.

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 41029000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41029000501?

Census tract 41029000501 in the Medford historic districts neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 41029000501?

Median gross rent is $1,294/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 41029000501?

16.4% of residents in tract 41029000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,115.

How socially vulnerable is tract 41029000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 79th, minority 30th, housing 56th.

Is tract 41029000501 considered part of Medford historic districts?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41029000501 fall within Medford historic districts (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41029000501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 480 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 41029000501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.49% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 41029000501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (South Bend eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.

How does tract 41029000501 compare to Medford overall?

Tract 41029000501 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Medford at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Medford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Medford

Top eight tracts in Medford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org