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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Colonial Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

Tract 41051001202 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,189 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

41051001202 is a census tract in the Colonial Heights area of Portland, OR. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,189 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 19% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,480
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$134,219

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Colonial Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#163 of 168 tracts In Portland
Very Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#176 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Very Low
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#439 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5085, -122.6421 · click any tract to drill in

Why Colonial Heights scores 6.3

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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,738 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 / state6.3This tracttract 0012027.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 4

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 134Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 1.54%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2001)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051001202
Filings dropped 86% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 73Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.87×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 134 eviction filings across 16 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2001 at 3.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Portland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10. Against average income of $134,219, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 52% of renters.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051001202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051001202?

Census tract 41051001202 in the Colonial Heights neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 41051001202?

Median gross rent is $1,738/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051001202?

6.6% of residents in tract 41051001202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,189.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051001202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 2th, minority 20th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 41051001202 considered part of Colonial Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051001202 fall within Colonial Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051001202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 134 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051001202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.54% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051001202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.87× 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 41051001202 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051001202 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Portland at 7.7/10. 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 41051001202 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Portland

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

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