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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Centennial Eviction Risk: High , Portland

Tract 41051009701 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 4,833 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 41051009701 sits in the Centennial area of Portland eviction risk, OR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.5/10. Population here is 4,833. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 15% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,624
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$70,317

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Centennial
High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 168 tracts In Portland
High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#37 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 994 tracts In Oregon
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 45.5118, -122.5037 · click any tract to drill in

Why Centennial scores 8.5

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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,227 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Centennial compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Centennial risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.5This tracttract 0097017.7Portlandparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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)

  • 1,074Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 8.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2001)
  • 72Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 41051009701
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 468Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.89×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Pittsburgh, PA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Centennial. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Centennial

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,227, 26% below the Portland average.

It sits 1.1 points above the Multnomah County average of 7.4. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Court records carry 1,074 eviction filings across 16 observed years.

Against Multnomah County at 49.7%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Filings peaked in 2001 at 11.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 8.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $70,317. 32% 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 41051009701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051009701?

Census tract 41051009701 in the Centennial neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 41051009701?

Median gross rent is $1,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051009701?

15.6% of residents in tract 41051009701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,833.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051009701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 88th, minority 57th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 41051009701 considered part of Centennial?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051009701 fall within Centennial (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 41051009701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,074 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 41051009701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.36% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 41051009701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 41051009701 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 41051009701 scores 8.5/10, 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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