Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Slabtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland
Tract 41051004901 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,416 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 6.9/10, tract 41051004901 in Slabtown in Portland ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,416 residents. That is riskier than about 93% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,582 monthly, set against $67,930 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 89% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 54%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units2,289
Renter share88.8%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$67,930
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portland and the region
Centroid at 45.5327, -122.6958 · click any tract to drill in
Why Slabtown scores 6.1
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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,582 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Slabtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 5%Grade C
- 94%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)
- 256Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.31×Ratio to 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 Slabtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Slabtown
What moves this score most 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 about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.31x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 94% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 41051004901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051004901?
Census tract 41051004901 in the Slabtown neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 41051004901?
Median gross rent is $1,582/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41051004901?
14.9% of residents in tract 41051004901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41051004901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 17th, minority 49th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 41051004901 considered part of Slabtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051004901 fall within Slabtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 41051004901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 41051004901 compare to Portland overall?
Tract 41051004901 scores 6.1/10, 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 41051004901 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. 94% 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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7.6
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/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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