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Colonial Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Portland

Tract 41051000901 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,964 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

In Colonial Heights in Portland, census tract 41051000901 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,885 a month while the average household earns $114,028 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 35% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,803
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$114,028

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Colonial Heights
Low
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#130 of 168 tracts In Portland
Low
Within county
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Low
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5010, -122.6310 · click any tract to drill in

Why Colonial Heights scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Portland
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,885 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portland
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portland
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portland
8.5

How Colonial Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Colonial Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 000901Portland: 8.18.1Portlandparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.74.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 210Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 1.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2001)
  • 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 410510009012000: 21 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2001: 28 filings (3.55/100 renter HHs)2002: 18 filings (2.28/100 renter HHs)2003: 15 filings (1.90/100 renter HHs)2004: 24 filings (3.04/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (0.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2007: 19 filings (2.26/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (0.83/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (1.90/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)2012: 6 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (0.44/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (0.44/100 renter HHs)2015: 8 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2016: 6 filings (0.61/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 71% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 51Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.34×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-11-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Colonial Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Colonial Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Portland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Multnomah County average of 6.9 and above the Oregon statewide average of 6.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 210 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2001.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.34x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 41051000901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051000901?

Census tract 41051000901 in the Colonial Heights neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 41051000901?

Median gross rent is $1,885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051000901?

7.5% of residents in tract 41051000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,964.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051000901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 5th, minority 34th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 41051000901 considered part of Colonial Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051000901 fall within Colonial Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051000901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051000901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051000901 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 41051000901 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051000901 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Portland at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 41051000901 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 87% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

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

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