Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Richfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27053024500 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,398
Richfield in Hennepin County anchors census tract 27053024500, which lands at 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 16th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,675 monthly, set against $108,421 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units910
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$108,421
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richfield and the region
Centroid at 44.8754, -93.2865 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richfield scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Richfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,675 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richfield
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richfield
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richfield
4.4
How Richfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 31Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 41.6%Peak (2009)
- 3Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 12Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richfield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Richfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hennepin County average of 5.6 and below the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.00x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053024500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053024500?
Census tract 27053024500 in Richfield scores 2.4/10 (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 average rent in tract 27053024500?
Median gross rent is $1,675/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053024500?
6.6% of residents in tract 27053024500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053024500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 26th, minority 39th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053024500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053024500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.52% of renter households, peaking at 41.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053024500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27053024500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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.
Q8
How does tract 27053024500 compare to Richfield overall?
Tract 27053024500 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Richfield at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Richfield
Top eight tracts in Richfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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