Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Merrill Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 41035970700 · Klamath County, OR · pop 2,304 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Merrill
In Merrill, census tract 41035970700 scores 4.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 14% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $821 a month against an average household income of $68,885 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units873
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$68,885
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merrill and the region
Centroid at 42.0730, -121.6604 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrill scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merrill
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$821 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merrill
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merrill
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merrill
5.2
How Merrill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 19Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2013)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 39Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×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 Merrill
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Merrill, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Klamath County average of 6.2 and below the Oregon statewide average of 6.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 19 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% of renter households in 2013.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.85x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 41035970700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41035970700?
Census tract 41035970700 in Merrill scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 41035970700?
Median gross rent is $821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41035970700?
9.4% of residents in tract 41035970700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,304.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41035970700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 88th, minority 52th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41035970700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 41035970700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.46% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41035970700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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.
Q7
How does tract 41035970700 compare to Merrill overall?
Tract 41035970700 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Merrill at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merrill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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