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Wedgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Anoka

Tract 27003050609 · Anoka County, MN · pop 3,564 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 27003050609 covers Wedgewood in Anoka in Minnesota. Home to 3,564 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,717 a month against an average household income of $88,460 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 12% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,525
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$88,460

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Wedgewood
Low
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 16 tracts In Anoka
Moderate
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 90 tracts In Anoka County
Elevated
Within state
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#1,016 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Anoka and the region

Centroid at 45.1993, -93.3485 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wedgewood scores 2.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Anoka
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,717 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Anoka
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Anoka
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Anoka
5.9

How Wedgewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wedgewood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.42.4This tracttract 050609Anoka: 4.94.9Anokaparent cityCounty: 2.42.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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)

  • 35Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2010)
  • 8Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 270030506092009: 4 filings (3.54/100 renter HHs)2010: 12 filings (6.35/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (7.01/100 renter HHs)2012: 8 filings (5.10/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wedgewood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wedgewood

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Anoka, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Anoka County average of 5.3 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 27003050609

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27003050609?

Census tract 27003050609 in the Wedgewood neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (Lower 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 27003050609?

Median gross rent is $1,717/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27003050609?

5.4% of residents in tract 27003050609 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,564.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27003050609?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 47th, minority 31th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 27003050609 considered part of Wedgewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27003050609 fall within Wedgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27003050609?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 35 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27003050609 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.50% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 27003050609 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 27003050609 compare to Anoka overall?

Tract 27003050609 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Anoka at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Anoka; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Anoka

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

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