Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Lowry Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Minneapolis
Tract 27053105500 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 4,036 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
27053105500 is a census tract in the Lowry Hill area of Minneapolis, MN. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,036. The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,415
Renter share60.3%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$90,662
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9684, -93.2954 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lowry Hill scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Minneapolis
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Minneapolis
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Minneapolis
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Minneapolis
7.0
How Lowry Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 28%Grade A
- 40%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 15%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 79Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 62Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lowry Hill
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 6.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 3.6% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 1.2 points above the Hennepin County average of 5.1. Court records carry 79 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
At $1,232 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Minneapolis commands. Filings peaked in 2010 at 1.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Minneapolis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053105500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053105500?
Census tract 27053105500 in the Lowry Hill neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 27053105500?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053105500?
5.1% of residents in tract 27053105500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,036.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053105500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 1th, minority 26th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 27053105500 considered part of Lowry Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053105500 fall within Lowry Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053105500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053105500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.18% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27053105500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.45× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 27053105500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27053105500 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053105500 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Minneapolis at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Minneapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 27053105500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 15% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Top eight tracts in Minneapolis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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