Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Medford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 41029000702 · Jackson County, OR · pop 5,502 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Medford
41029000702 is a census tract in Medford, OR. It scores 6.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,502. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$81,043
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Medford and the region
Centroid at 42.2946, -122.8933 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medford scores 6.4
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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,572 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 117Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×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
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Jackson County average of 46.7%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.2/10. At $1,572 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Medford commands.
That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Jackson County average of 6.1 closely.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $81,043. 28% 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 41029000702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41029000702?
Census tract 41029000702 in Medford scores 6.4/10 (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 41029000702?
Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41029000702?
15.6% of residents in tract 41029000702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,502.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41029000702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 54th, minority 32th, housing 32th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 41029000702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× 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 41029000702 compare to Medford overall?
Tract 41029000702 scores 6.4/10, right in line with 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.
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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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7.6
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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