Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ham Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27003050234 · Anoka County, MN · pop 3,270
Tract 27003050234 sits in Ham Lake, MN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,270 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,183
Renter share3.8%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$117,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ham Lake and the region
Centroid at 45.2833, -93.1841 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ham Lake scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ham Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ham Lake
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ham Lake
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ham Lake
5.4
How Ham Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 17Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2012)
- 8Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 700% 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ham Lake
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10.
Against the Anoka County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 17 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 10.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27003050234
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27003050234?
Census tract 27003050234 in Ham Lake scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 27003050234?
3.2% of residents in tract 27003050234 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,270.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 27003050234?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 2th, minority 6th, housing 11th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27003050234?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27003050234 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.94% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 27003050234 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 27003050234 compare to Ham Lake overall?
Tract 27003050234 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Ham Lake at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ham Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ham Lake
Top eight tracts in Ham Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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