Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Columbia Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 27003051304 · Anoka County, MN · pop 2,638
27003051304 is a census tract in Columbia Heights, MN. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,638. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units973
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$78,352
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbia Heights and the region
Centroid at 45.0557, -93.2609 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia Heights scores 6
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,523 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 16Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2012)
- 10Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 233% 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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbia Heights
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.8 points above the Anoka County average of 4.2. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10.
Against Anoka County at 43.4%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
At $1,523 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Columbia Heights commands. Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 2.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 27003051304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27003051304?
Census tract 27003051304 in Columbia Heights scores 6/10 (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 27003051304?
Median gross rent is $1,523/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27003051304?
11.0% of residents in tract 27003051304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,638.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27003051304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 46th, minority 59th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27003051304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27003051304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27003051304 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27003051304 compare to Columbia Heights overall?
Tract 27003051304 scores 6/10, 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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