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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Saint Johns Eviction Risk: High , Portland

Tract 41051007202 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,308 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 41051007202 sits in the Saint Johns area of Portland eviction risk, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. It is home to 3,308 residents. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 15% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,530
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$85,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Saint Johns
Very High
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 168 tracts In Portland
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#56 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#79 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.6180, -122.7385 · click any tract to drill in

Why Saint Johns scores 8

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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,737 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Saint Johns compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Saint Johns risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0072027.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

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.

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)

  • 610Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 11.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.1%Peak (2009)
  • 65Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051007202
Filings climbed 171% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 537Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.01×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 Saint Johns. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Saint Johns

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against Multnomah County at 49.7%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Court records carry 610 eviction filings across 16 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2009, when 16.1% of renter households were served. 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 11.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Multnomah County average of 7.4 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 41051007202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051007202?

Census tract 41051007202 in the Saint Johns neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 41051007202?

Median gross rent is $1,737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051007202?

14.5% of residents in tract 41051007202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,308.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051007202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 32th, minority 67th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 41051007202 considered part of Saint Johns?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051007202 fall within Saint Johns (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051007202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 610 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051007202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.32% of renter households, peaking at 16.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051007202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.01× 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 41051007202 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051007202 scores 8/10, 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 41051007202 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Portland

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

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