Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally
Portsmouth Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland
Tract 41051004003 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 7,935 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
The Portsmouth area of Portland is where census tract 41051004003 sits, home to 7,935 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.6/10. That is riskier than about 99% of US census tracts.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,442 a month while the average household earns $69,063 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,947
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate31.3%
Median income$69,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portland and the region
Centroid at 45.5879, -122.7224 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portsmouth scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
31.3% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,442 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Portsmouth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 36%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 327Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portsmouth
The heaviest input here is 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 above the Multnomah County average of 6.9 and above the Oregon statewide average of 6.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.16x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
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 41051004003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051004003?
Census tract 41051004003 in the Portsmouth neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 41051004003?
Median gross rent is $1,442/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41051004003?
31.3% of residents in tract 41051004003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,935.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41051004003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 90th, minority 72th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 41051004003 considered part of Portsmouth?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051004003 fall within Portsmouth (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41051004003 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 41051004003 compare to Portland overall?
Tract 41051004003 scores 7.3/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 41051004003 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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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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Chinatown
7.6
/ 10 · High
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Powellhurst
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Chinatown
7.5
/ 10 · High
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University District
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Powellhurst
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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