Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Medford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 41029000605 · Jackson County, OR · pop 3,548
Census tract 41029000605 covers part of Medford, OR, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,548. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share64.1%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$58,180
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Medford and the region
Centroid at 42.3132, -122.8295 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medford scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,109 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 141Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Medford
Against Jackson County at 46.7%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
At $1,109 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Medford commands. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. Against the Jackson County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $58,180.
64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 41029000605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41029000605?
Census tract 41029000605 in Medford scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 41029000605?
Median gross rent is $1,109/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41029000605?
13.1% of residents in tract 41029000605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,548.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41029000605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 88th, minority 23th, housing 77th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 41029000605 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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.
Q6
How does tract 41029000605 compare to Medford overall?
Tract 41029000605 scores 6.7/10, 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.
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/ 10 · High
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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7.6
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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