Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,005 of 84,120 nationally
University Eviction Risk: High , Minneapolis
Tract 27053104901 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 6,843 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
How risky is the University area of Minneapolis for landlords? Census tract 27053104901 scores 7.3/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,559 a month while the average household earns $21,489 a year, roughly 87% of income at the averages. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units726
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate66.6%
Median income$21,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9753, -93.2327 · click any tract to drill in
Why University scores 8
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
66.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,559 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 University compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 9%Grade B
- 10%Grade C
- 16%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 20Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.99×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.1%Food insecurity
- 31.9%SNAP enrollment
- 26.1%Transit barriers
- 14.1%No health insurance
- 30.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Minneapolis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Hennepin County average of 5.6 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 16% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053104901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053104901?
Census tract 27053104901 in the University neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 27053104901?
Median gross rent is $1,559/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053104901?
66.6% of residents in tract 27053104901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,843.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053104901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 0th, minority 43th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 27053104901 considered part of University?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053104901 fall within University (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053104901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.99× 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 27053104901 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053104901 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053104901 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Minneapolis at 6.4/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 27053104901 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 16% 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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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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7.7
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