Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Minnetonka Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27053026206 ·
Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,922
Census tract 27053026206 belongs to Minnetonka, Minnesota. It is home to 2,922 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,828 monthly, set against $127,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%Stable renters 8%Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$127,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
64th percentile
#6 of 15 tracts In Minnetonka
Elevated
Within county
18th percentile
#269 of 329 tracts In Hennepin County
Very Low
Within state
15th percentile
#1,271 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Very Low
National
7th percentile
#78,212 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minnetonka and the region
Centroid at 44.9150, -93.4654 · click any tract to drill in
Why Minnetonka scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Minnetonka
7.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,828 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Minnetonka
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Minnetonka
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Minnetonka
4.0
How Minnetonka compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
17%Socioeconomic
42%Household composition
17%Racial/ethnic minority
51%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)
10Total filings over 4 yrs
0.74%Avg annual filing rate
1.3%Peak (2012)
5Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year2009 to 2013
Filings dropped 100% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
9Total filings 2020-21
0.1Avg monthly (observed)
0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.80×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
5.5%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
4.0%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
11.5%Frequent mental distress
26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Minnetonka
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. 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 Minnetonka eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hennepin County average of 5.6 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053026206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053026206?
Census tract 27053026206 in Minnetonka scores 1.6/10 (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 27053026206?
Median gross rent is $1,828/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053026206?
7.3% of residents in tract 27053026206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,922.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053026206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 42th, minority 17th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053026206?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27053026206 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.74% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053026206 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27053026206 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053026206 compare to Minnetonka overall?
Tract 27053026206 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Minnetonka at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Minnetonka eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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