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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Wedgewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Anoka

Tract 27003050501 · Anoka County, MN · pop 3,203 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 27003050501 covers part of the Wedgewood area of Anoka, MN, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 27% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,654
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$60,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Wedgewood
Elevated
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Anoka
Moderate
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 90 tracts In Anoka County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#233 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Anoka and the region

Centroid at 45.1957, -93.3845 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wedgewood scores 5.8

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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$999 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Anoka
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Anoka
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Anoka
5.5

How Wedgewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wedgewood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 050501Anoka: 4.64.6Anokaparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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)

  • 98Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 3.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.1%Peak (2009)
  • 20Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 270030505012009: 30 filings (4.14/100 renter HHs)2010: 22 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2011: 26 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2012: 20 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% 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 severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Against the Anoka County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

At $999 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Anoka commands. Against Anoka County at 43.4%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 98 filings here across 4 tracked years.

SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2009 at 4.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 27003050501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27003050501?

Census tract 27003050501 in the Wedgewood neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 27003050501?

Median gross rent is $999/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27003050501?

8.3% of residents in tract 27003050501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,203.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27003050501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 21th, minority 19th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 27003050501 considered part of Wedgewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27003050501 fall within Wedgewood (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27003050501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27003050501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.13% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 27003050501 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 27003050501 compare to Anoka overall?

Tract 27003050501 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Anoka at 4.6/10. 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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