Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Kings Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland
Tract 41051004601 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,641 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 41051004601 covers part of the Kings Heights area of Portland, OR, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,641. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,684
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$173,571
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portland and the region
Centroid at 45.5199, -122.7091 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kings Heights scores 6.3
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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,404 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Kings Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 35%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 66Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2001)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% over the past 16 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 8.83×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kings Heights
The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10.
Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 66 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
At $1,404 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Portland commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.5% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 1.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 1.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Against average income of $173,571, annual rent is just 10%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 41051004601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051004601?
Census tract 41051004601 in the Kings 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 41051004601?
Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41051004601?
5.7% of residents in tract 41051004601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,641.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41051004601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 3th, minority 24th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 41051004601 considered part of Kings Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051004601 fall within Kings Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051004601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 41051004601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.11% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 41051004601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 8.83× 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 41051004601 compare to Portland overall?
Tract 41051004601 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 41051004601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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