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

Powellhurst Eviction Risk: High , Portland

Tract 41051009202 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 5,885 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 41051009202 sits in the Powellhurst area of Portland eviction risk, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.1/10. Population here is 5,885. 60% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 14% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,255
Renter share57.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$39,440

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Powellhurst
Elevated
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 168 tracts In Portland
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#11 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 45.5133, -122.5159 · 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
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,463 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 0092027.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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)

  • 537Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 6.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.4%Peak (2007)
  • 34Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051009202
Filings climbed 70% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 369Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.26×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

Cost burden runs 76% here against 49.7% across Multnomah County. Set annual rent against average income of $39,440 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the Multnomah County average of 7.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 537 evictions over 16 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,463, 12% below the Portland average.

The worst year on record was 2007, when 9.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 41051009202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051009202?

Census tract 41051009202 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 41051009202?

Median gross rent is $1,463/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051009202?

25.5% of residents in tract 41051009202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,885.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051009202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 90th, minority 62th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 41051009202 considered part of Powellhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051009202 fall within Powellhurst (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051009202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 537 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051009202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.05% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051009202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.26× 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 41051009202 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051009202 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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