2 census tracts · pop 8,193 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.2–4.7
Shelard Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Golden Valley, MN, population 8,193. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 25% 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.
Against a Golden Valley baseline of 29.1%, 37% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 2.6/10.
Filings are well documented here: 124 across 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 5.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.7% of adults, 9.1 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 3.8% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2013, is well off that peak. For a like-for-like read, Pennsylvania Park and North Tyrol score within a fraction of it. Its 2 tracts score within 0.5 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,693, close to the Golden Valley average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $92,831.
36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 4.5/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Shelard Park vs Golden ValleyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%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 Shelard Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
124Total filings (sum)
2.25%Avg annual filing rate
3.8%Peak year (2011)
1.34%Latest filed (2013)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
228Total filings 2020-21
1.4Avg monthly observed
0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.97×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 Shelard Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.6%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility shutoff threat
8.7%Food insecurity
5.4%SNAP enrollment
6.3%No health insurance
24.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Shelard Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Shelard Park?
Shelard Park scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 Shelard Park compare to Golden Valley overall?
Shelard Park scores 0.0 points higher than Golden Valley overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,693 vs $1,785.
Q3
What is the average rent in Shelard Park?
Average gross rent in Shelard Park is $1,693/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Shelard Park residents are renters?
36% of Shelard Park households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Golden Valley). The neighborhood has 8,193 residents.
Q5
Is Shelard Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Shelard Park sits in the 40th 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 Shelard Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Shelard Park is census tract 27053021601 (score 4.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.2 to 4.7, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Shelard Park for landlords?
Shelard Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Shelard Park?
Shelard Park has 8,273 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (10.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
