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Neighborhood · Minneapolis, MN

Linden Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 9,514 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10 · range 5.6–6.7

Linden Hills takes in 2 census tracts of Minneapolis, MN and houses 9,514 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.2/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

Running cool is economic stress, at 1.5/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.6 to 6.7, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Cost burden runs roughly one in three against 29.3% citywide, putting Linden Hills 5.2% over its own city.

Filings are well documented here: 109 across 2 observed tracts. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 3.3% of renter households.

5.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Average gross rent is $1,484, 8% above the Minneapolis average of $1,371.

The most recent observed rate, 0.9% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #49 of 75 neighborhoods in Minneapolis. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Linden Hills vs Minneapolis How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
34.5% +18%
Minneapolis: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$1,484 +8%
Minneapolis: $1,371
Average HH income
$97,291 +21%
Minneapolis: $80,269
Poverty rate
5.7% -65%
Minneapolis: 16.4%
Renter share
46.2% -12%
Minneapolis: 52.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Linden Hills and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.6–6.7

Why Linden Hills scores 6.2

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 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Rent control risk
35% of income on rent · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
46% renter households · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
5.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.0 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.7–3.9 across tracts
3.8
Risk score comparison

Linden Hills vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Linden Hills score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Linden Hills: 6.26.2Linden HillsNeighborhoodParent 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 Linden Hills

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
27053109100 6.7 5,210 40% $1,473
27053109800 5.6 4,304 28% $1,498
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 10

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

Socioeconomic status 18%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 7%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 24%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 22%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Linden Hills

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 109Total filings (sum)
  • 1.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak year (2010)
  • 0.87%Latest filed (2013)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 160Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly observed
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.94×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 Linden Hills

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

Frequently asked

About Linden Hills

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Linden Hills?

Linden Hills scores 6.2/10 (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 Linden Hills compare to Minneapolis overall?

Linden Hills scores 0.4 points lower than Minneapolis overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,484 vs $1,371.
Q3

What is the average rent in Linden Hills?

Average gross rent in Linden Hills is $1,484/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Linden Hills residents are renters?

46% of Linden Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Minneapolis). The neighborhood has 9,514 residents.
Q5

Is Linden Hills a high social-vulnerability area?

Linden Hills sits in the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Linden Hills have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Linden Hills is census tract 27053109100 (score 6.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 6.7, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Linden Hills for landlords?

Linden Hills carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Linden Hills?

Linden Hills has 9,316 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82%), Hispanic / Latino (10.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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