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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Wilkes East Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gresham

Tract 41051009604 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 5,441 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 41051009604 sits in the Wilkes East area of Gresham eviction risk, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. Population here is 5,441. 28% 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
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 20% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,915
Renter share45.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$60,446

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Wilkes East
Very Low
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 22 tracts In Gresham
Moderate
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#115 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Moderate
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#255 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gresham and the region

Centroid at 45.5303, -122.4715 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilkes East scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gresham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
Oregon legislature & governorship
7.2
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,296 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gresham
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gresham
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gresham
7.5

How Wilkes East compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wilkes East risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0096046.4Greshamparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 1,616Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 9.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.5%Peak (2004)
  • 92Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051009604
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 664Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.11×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 Wilkes East. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilkes East

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.5/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. At $1,296 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Gresham commands.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Multnomah County average of 49.7%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,616 filings here across 16 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 12.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

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 41051009604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051009604?

Census tract 41051009604 in the Wilkes East neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 41051009604?

Median gross rent is $1,296/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051009604?

11.5% of residents in tract 41051009604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,441.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051009604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 84th, minority 71th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 41051009604 considered part of Wilkes East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051009604 fall within Wilkes East (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051009604?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,616 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051009604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.72% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051009604 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× 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 41051009604 compare to Gresham overall?

Tract 41051009604 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Gresham at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gresham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gresham

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

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