Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
South St. Paul Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27037060302 · Dakota County, MN · pop 3,477
Census tract 27037060302 covers part of South St. Paul, MN, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,477 residents. Against Dakota County at 45.6%, 17% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,368
Renter share15.3%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$97,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across South St. Paul and the region
Centroid at 44.8870, -93.0579 · click any tract to drill in
Why South St. Paul scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South St. Paul
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from South St. Paul
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South St. Paul
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from South St. Paul
3.6
How South St. Paul compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 8%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 24Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2009)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South St. Paul
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.
14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 24 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2009, when 3.1% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Paul. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27037060302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27037060302?
Census tract 27037060302 in South St. Paul scores 4.3/10 (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 27037060302?
Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27037060302?
7.0% of residents in tract 27037060302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,477.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27037060302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 53th, minority 40th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27037060302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27037060302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.69% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27037060302 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27037060302 compare to South St. Paul overall?
Tract 27037060302 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of South St. Paul at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South St. Paul eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 27037060302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South St. Paul
Top eight tracts in South St. Paul ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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