Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Waverly Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland
Tract 41051006300 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 5,757 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 41051006300 covers part of the Waverly Heights area of Portland, OR, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,757 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,781
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$158,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portland and the region
Centroid at 45.4504, -122.6694 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waverly 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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,975 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Waverly Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 39%Grade A
- 4%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)
- 42Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2001)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 16 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 10Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.67×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 Waverly Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waverly Heights
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,975, 19% above the Portland average. Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions over 15 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2001 at 2.4% of renter households.
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. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $158,875, annual rent is just 15%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 41051006300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051006300?
Census tract 41051006300 in the Waverly 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 41051006300?
Median gross rent is $1,975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 41051006300?
3.0% of residents in tract 41051006300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,757.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 41051006300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 4th, minority 45th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 41051006300 considered part of Waverly Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051006300 fall within Waverly Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051006300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 41051006300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.11% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 41051006300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.67× 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 41051006300 compare to Portland overall?
Tract 41051006300 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 41051006300 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
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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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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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