Russell Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 344 filings here across 16 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,839, 11% above the Portland average.

The worst year on record was 2009, when 7.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. about half of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Multnomah County average of 7.4 closely.

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