Medford historic districts Eviction Risk: Elevated

The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Set annual rent against average income of $45,763 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Against the Jackson County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,047 filings here across 14 tracked years. At $1,237 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Medford commands.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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