2 census tracts · pop 6,961 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.5–4.2
Pennsylvania Park spans 2 census tracts of Golden Valley, MN and houses 6,961 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
Cost burden runs 38% against 29.1% citywide, putting Pennsylvania Park 8.5% over its own city. 14% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Filings are well documented here: 144 across 2 observed tracts.
SNAP participation is 4.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 7.7% of adults, 10.1 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 6.3% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 0.9% in 2013, is well off that peak. For a like-for-like read, Shelard Park and North Tyrol score within a fraction of it.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,836, close to the Golden Valley average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $94,424.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Pennsylvania Park vs Golden ValleyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pennsylvania Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
144Total filings (sum)
3.63%Avg annual filing rate
6.3%Peak year (2010)
0.87%Latest filed (2013)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
190Total filings 2020-21
1.3Avg monthly observed
0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
2.42×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pennsylvania Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.1%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
4.5%SNAP enrollment
5.9%No health insurance
22.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Pennsylvania Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pennsylvania Park?
Pennsylvania Park scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Pennsylvania Park compare to Golden Valley overall?
Pennsylvania Park scores 0.7 points lower than Golden Valley overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,836 vs $1,785.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pennsylvania Park?
Average gross rent in Pennsylvania eviction laws Park is $1,836/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pennsylvania Park residents are renters?
44% of Pennsylvania Park households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Golden Valley). The neighborhood has 6,961 residents.
Q5
Is Pennsylvania Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Pennsylvania Park sits in the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Pennsylvania Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pennsylvania Park is census tract 27053022102 (score 4.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 4.2, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Pennsylvania Park for landlords?
Pennsylvania eviction laws Park carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Golden Valley as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pennsylvania Park?
Pennsylvania Park has 7,162 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.7%), Other / Multiracial (4.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
