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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Rockwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gresham

Tract 41051009704 · Multnomah County, OR · pop 4,645 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 41051009704 covers part of the Rockwood area of Gresham, OR, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,645 residents. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 6% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,382
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$54,231

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Rockwood
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 22 tracts In Gresham
Very High
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#76 of 197 tracts In Multnomah County
Elevated
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#111 of 994 tracts In Oregon
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gresham and the region

Centroid at 45.5118, -122.4802 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rockwood scores 7.8

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
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,185 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Rockwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rockwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 0097046.4Greshamparent city7.4Countyavg tract in county6.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 167Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.83×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 Rockwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rockwood

Cost burden runs 79% here against 49.7% across Multnomah County. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 49.0% against 31.5% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. At $1,185 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Gresham commands.

The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.9% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OR average is 6.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 41051009704

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 41051009704?

Census tract 41051009704 in the Rockwood neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 41051009704?

Median gross rent is $1,185/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 41051009704?

23.0% of residents in tract 41051009704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,645.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 41051009704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 87th, minority 48th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 41051009704 considered part of Rockwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 41051009704 fall within Rockwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 41051009704 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 41051009704 compare to Gresham overall?

Tract 41051009704 scores 7.8/10, 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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