Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Whittier Eviction Risk: Elevated , Minneapolis
Tract 27053006800 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 3,859 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In the Whittier area of Minneapolis, census tract 27053006800 scores 6.8/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,268 monthly, set against $46,943 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 92% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units2,165
Renter share91.9%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$46,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9600, -93.2829 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittier scores 7.4
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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Whittier compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 97%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 230Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2011)
- 46Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 526Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.98×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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
Within Whittier. 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.
- 17.7%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 17.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittier
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.98x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 27053006800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053006800?
Census tract 27053006800 in the Whittier neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 27053006800?
Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053006800?
28.9% of residents in tract 27053006800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,859.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053006800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 23th, minority 63th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 27053006800 considered part of Whittier?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053006800 fall within Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053006800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 230 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053006800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.21% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27053006800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.98× 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 27053006800 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.7% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27053006800 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053006800 scores 7.4/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 27053006800 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. 0% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Minneapolis
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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7.9
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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Cedar-Riverside
7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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