Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Inver Grove Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27037060502 · Dakota County, MN · pop 4,226 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Inver Grove Heights
Census tract 27037060502 covers part of Inver Grove Heights, MN, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,226. 22% 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
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,770
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$82,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Inver Grove Heights and the region
Centroid at 44.8561, -93.0288 · click any tract to drill in
Why Inver Grove Heights scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,297 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
4.4
How Inver Grove Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 132Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2009)
- 21Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 5 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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Inver Grove Heights
The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.3/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 132 evictions over 5 years of observation. Cost burden runs 41% here against 45.6% across Dakota County. SNAP participation runs 8.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Dakota County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. At $1,297 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Inver Grove Heights commands. The worst year on record was 2009, when 7.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 23% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 27037060502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27037060502?
Census tract 27037060502 in Inver Grove Heights scores 4.9/10 (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 27037060502?
Median gross rent is $1,297/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27037060502?
9.1% of residents in tract 27037060502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,226.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27037060502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 58th, minority 45th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27037060502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27037060502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.52% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27037060502 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27037060502 compare to Inver Grove Heights overall?
Tract 27037060502 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Inver Grove Heights at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Inver Grove 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 Inver Grove Heights
Top eight tracts in Inver Grove Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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