Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Golden Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27053021602 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 5,768
27053021602 is a census tract in Golden Valley, MN. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,678
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate16.2%
Median income$76,782
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Golden Valley and the region
Centroid at 44.9954, -93.3662 · click any tract to drill in
Why Golden Valley scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Golden Valley
7.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
16.2% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,570 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Golden Valley
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Golden Valley
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Golden Valley
5.2
How Golden Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 71Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2012)
- 15Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 162Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.08×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Golden Valley
The dominant input is local political climate at 7.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.2/10. Cost burden runs about half here against 43.1% across Hennepin County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 71 filings here across 5 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.7 points above the Hennepin County average of 5.1.
At $1,570 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Golden Valley commands. The worst year on record was 2012, when 1.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Golden Valley eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.
Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053021602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053021602?
Census tract 27053021602 in Golden Valley scores 5.8/10 (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 27053021602?
Median gross rent is $1,570/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053021602?
16.2% of residents in tract 27053021602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,768.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053021602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 65th, minority 40th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053021602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053021602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.60% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053021602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27053021602 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053021602 compare to Golden Valley overall?
Tract 27053021602 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Golden Valley at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Golden Valley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Golden Valley
Top eight tracts in Golden Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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