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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Russellville Eviction Risk: High , Portland

Tract 41051008201 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,392 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

41051008201 is a census tract in the Russellville area of Portland, OR. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 26% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,317
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$70,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Russellville
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 168 tracts In Portland
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#62 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5119, -122.5584 · click any tract to drill in

Why Russellville scores 8.3

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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,323 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Russellville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Russellville risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.3This tracttract 0082017.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 293Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 4.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2003)
  • 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051008201
Filings dropped 65% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 146Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 3.32×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 Russellville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Russellville

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,323, 20% below the Portland average.

Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 293 evictions over 16 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2003, when 12.0% 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 4.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $70,250.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051008201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051008201?

Census tract 41051008201 in the Russellville neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 41051008201?

Median gross rent is $1,323/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051008201?

13.7% of residents in tract 41051008201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,392.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051008201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 96th, minority 64th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 41051008201 considered part of Russellville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051008201 fall within Russellville (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051008201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 293 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051008201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.04% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051008201 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 3.32× 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 41051008201 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051008201 scores 8.3/10, 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 41051008201 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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