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Neighborhood · Minneapolis, MN

Cleveland Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 6,577 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10 · range 5.9–6.8

Cleveland is a 2-tract neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN and houses 6,577 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.4/10, in the Elevated tier. 45% 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 Minneapolis baseline of 29.3%, 56% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. At $2,107 a month, rents sit 54% over what the rest of Minneapolis commands.

The voucher gap is 25.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 7.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Court records carry 306 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. On the high side is supply constraint at 7.5/10.

Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 18.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 13.0% in 2013 against a 18.4% peak. Among the 75 mapped neighborhoods of Minneapolis, it ranks #44 by risk, the middle third.

Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Howe and Regina. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

With little internal variation, 6.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Cleveland vs Minneapolis How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
56.1% +91%
Minneapolis: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$2,107 +54%
Minneapolis: $1,371
Average HH income
$84,901 +6%
Minneapolis: $80,269
Poverty rate
13.4% -18%
Minneapolis: 16.4%
Renter share
20.9% -60%
Minneapolis: 52.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.9–6.8

Why Cleveland scores 6.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 4.3–4.3 across tracts
4.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts
7.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.4–9.0 across tracts
8.2
Rent control risk
56% of income on rent · Range 7.5–7.9 across tracts
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.3–7.5 across tracts
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
21% renter households · Range 6.5–8.5 across tracts
7.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.8–7.0 across tracts
6.9
Economic stress
13.4% below poverty line · Range 1.7–5.0 across tracts
3.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.4–7.6 across tracts
7.5
Risk score comparison

Cleveland vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Cleveland score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Cleveland: 6.46.4ClevelandNeighborhoodParent city: 6.66.6Parent cityhost cityState: 4.54.5Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Cleveland

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
27053100700 6.8 3,356 58% $2,119
27053021400 5.9 3,221 54% $2,094
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 75

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 73%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 80%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Cleveland

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 306Total filings (sum)
  • 13.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.4%Peak year (2012)
  • 13.07%Latest filed (2013)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 160Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly observed
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.58×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cleveland

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Cleveland

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Cleveland?

Cleveland scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 Cleveland compare to Minneapolis overall?

Cleveland scores 0.2 points lower than Minneapolis overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,107 vs $1,371.
Q3

What is the average rent in Cleveland?

Average gross rent in Cleveland is $2,107/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Cleveland residents are renters?

21% of Cleveland households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Minneapolis). The neighborhood has 6,577 residents.
Q5

Is Cleveland a high social-vulnerability area?

Cleveland sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Cleveland have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Cleveland is census tract 27053100700 (score 6.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.9 to 6.8, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7

How safe is Cleveland for landlords?

Cleveland carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). 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 Minneapolis as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Cleveland?

Cleveland has 6,400 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (32.3%), Hispanic / Latino (9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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