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

Powellhurst Eviction Risk: High , Portland

Tract 41051009101 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 6,261 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 9.1/10, tract 41051009101 in the Powellhurst area of Portland, OR reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,261. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 19% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,067
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$63,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Powellhurst
High
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#12 of 168 tracts In Portland
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Very 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 45.5007, -122.5087 · 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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,455 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 0091017.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,860Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 12.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.6%Peak (2002)
  • 79Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051009101
Filings dropped 43% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 463Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.08×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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

The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Against Multnomah County at 49.7%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. 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 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,860 filings here across 16 tracked years.

Average gross rent is $1,455, 12% below the Portland average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 17.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051009101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051009101?

Census tract 41051009101 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 41051009101?

Median gross rent is $1,455/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051009101?

20.1% of residents in tract 41051009101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,261.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051009101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 85th, minority 64th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 41051009101 considered part of Powellhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051009101 fall within Powellhurst (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051009101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,860 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051009101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.82% of renter households, peaking at 17.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051009101 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 41051009101 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051009101 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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