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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Chinatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

Tract 41051005102 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,024 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 41051005102 covers part of the Chinatown area of Portland, OR, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. 26% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Multnomah County average of 49.7%.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 49% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units2,023
Renter share66.2%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$126,488

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Chinatown
Very Low
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#131 of 168 tracts In Portland
Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#144 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Low
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#406 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5265, -122.6804 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chinatown scores 6.5

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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,757 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Chinatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chinatown risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.5This tracttract 0051027.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

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)

  • 322Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.91×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 Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chinatown

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 0.9 points below the Multnomah County average of 7.4. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $126,488, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,757, close to the Portland average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051005102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051005102?

Census tract 41051005102 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 41051005102?

Median gross rent is $1,757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051005102?

9.5% of residents in tract 41051005102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,024.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051005102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 7th, minority 36th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 41051005102 considered part of Chinatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051005102 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 41051005102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.91× 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 41051005102 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051005102 scores 6.5/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Portland

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

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