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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Powellhurst Eviction Risk: High , Portland

Tract 41051008204 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 2,256 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

41051008204 is a census tract in the Powellhurst area of Portland, OR. It scores 9.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,256 residents. Severe burden reaches 60%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 5% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units890
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate28.7%
Median income$41,370

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Powellhurst
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 168 tracts In Portland
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5079, -122.5428 · click any tract to drill in

Why Powellhurst scores 9.1

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
28.7% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,692 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Powellhurst compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Powellhurst risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.1This tracttract 0082047.7Portlandparent 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.

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)

  • 231Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 3.85×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 Powellhurst. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Powellhurst

Against Multnomah County at 49.7%, 82% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income of $41,370, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Nationally it ranks #3,797 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 3.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,692, close to the Portland average.

27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051008204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051008204?

Census tract 41051008204 in the Powellhurst neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 41051008204?

Median gross rent is $1,692/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051008204?

28.7% of residents in tract 41051008204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,256.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051008204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 69th, minority 64th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 41051008204 considered part of Powellhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051008204 fall within Powellhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 41051008204 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 3.85× 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 41051008204 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051008204 scores 9.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Portland

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

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