Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Whitwood Court Eviction Risk: High , Portland
Tract 41051004102 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 4,700 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
41051004102 is a census tract in the Whitwood Court area of Portland, OR. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,700. The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,372
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$76,077
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portland and the region
Centroid at 45.5870, -122.7432 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitwood Court scores 8.3
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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,636 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Whitwood Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 74%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 526Total filings over 16 yrs
- 4.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2000)
- 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 16 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 147Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whitwood Court. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitwood Court
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Multnomah County average of 49.7%.
It sits 0.9 points above the Multnomah County average of 7.4. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 526 filings here across 16 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2000 at 8.3% 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 4.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.7/10. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 41051004102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051004102?
Census tract 41051004102 in the Whitwood Court neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High 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 41051004102?
Median gross rent is $1,636/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41051004102?
15.0% of residents in tract 41051004102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,700.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41051004102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 4th, minority 43th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 41051004102 considered part of Whitwood Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051004102 fall within Whitwood Court (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051004102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 526 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051004102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.71% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 41051004102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 41051004102 compare to Portland overall?
Tract 41051004102 scores 8.3/10, higher 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 41051004102 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.
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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