Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Columbia Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27003051302 · Anoka County, MN · pop 4,285
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 27003051302 in Columbia Heights, MN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,285 residents. 30% 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
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,687
Renter share38.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$81,763
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia Heights and the region
Centroid at 45.0549, -93.2396 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia Heights scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbia Heights
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,399 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbia Heights
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbia Heights
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbia Heights
7.8
How Columbia Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
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)
- 128Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2012)
- 38Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 73% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbia Heights
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Against the Anoka County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 128 evictions over 4 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 8.6% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,399, 8% above the Columbia Heights average. In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10.
Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.3 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 27003051302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27003051302?
Census tract 27003051302 in Columbia Heights 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 27003051302?
Median gross rent is $1,399/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27003051302?
9.2% of residents in tract 27003051302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,285.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27003051302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 66th, minority 64th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27003051302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27003051302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.30% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27003051302 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27003051302 compare to Columbia Heights overall?
Tract 27003051302 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Columbia Heights at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbia Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Columbia Heights
Top eight tracts in Columbia Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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