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Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Richfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 27053024600 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 4,200

27053024600 is a census tract in Richfield, MN. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,200. 32% 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
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 20% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,882
Renter share38.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$85,290

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Richfield
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 329 tracts In Hennepin County
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#589 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,206 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richfield and the region

Centroid at 44.8664, -93.2865 · click any tract to drill in

Why Richfield scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Richfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,046 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richfield
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richfield
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richfield
4.4

How Richfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Richfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0246004.5Richfieldparent city5.1Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 102Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2010)
  • 19Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27053024600
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 54Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Richfield

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

Average gross rent is $1,046, 25% below the Richfield average. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.

48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Hennepin County average of 43.1%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 3.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $85,290, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Hennepin County average of 5.1 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 27053024600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053024600?

Census tract 27053024600 in Richfield scores 4.5/10 (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 27053024600?

Median gross rent is $1,046/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27053024600?

6.2% of residents in tract 27053024600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,200.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27053024600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 33th, minority 63th, housing 87th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053024600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053024600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.76% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 27053024600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 27053024600 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 27053024600 compare to Richfield overall?

Tract 27053024600 scores 4.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Richfield at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Richfield

Top eight tracts in Richfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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