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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

Powellhurst Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

Tract 41051009203 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 3,081 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 7.9/10, tract 41051009203 in the Powellhurst area of Portland, OR reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,081 residents. 38% 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
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 18% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,225
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$62,013

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Powellhurst
Very Low
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#66 of 168 tracts In Portland
Elevated
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Elevated
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#88 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5134, -122.5256 · click any tract to drill in

Why Powellhurst scores 7.9

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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,448 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 / state7.9This tracttract 0092037.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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)

  • 295Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.15×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 score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,448, 13% below the Portland average.

That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Multnomah County average of 7.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $62,013.

34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051009203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051009203?

Census tract 41051009203 in the Powellhurst neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 41051009203?

Median gross rent is $1,448/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051009203?

7.9% of residents in tract 41051009203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,081.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051009203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 57th, minority 58th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 41051009203 considered part of Powellhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051009203 fall within Powellhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 41051009203 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.15× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 41051009203 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051009203 scores 7.9/10, right in line with 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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