Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally
Whittier Eviction Risk: Elevated , Minneapolis
Tract 27053007801 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 1,862 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 27053007801 belongs to the Whittier area of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is home to 1,862 residents and scores 6.7/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #8,229 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,229 a month while the average household earns $54,250 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 87% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units713
Renter share87.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$54,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9529, -93.2749 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittier scores 6.8
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
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,229 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 Whittier compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 70%Grade C
- 30%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)
- 150Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2009)
- 23Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 111Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×Ratio to 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
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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 19.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.0%Food insecurity
- 34.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.5%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.5%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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 97th 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 27053007801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053007801?
Census tract 27053007801 in the Whittier neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 27053007801?
Median gross rent is $1,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053007801?
25.5% of residents in tract 27053007801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,862.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053007801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 66th, minority 82th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 27053007801 considered part of Whittier?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053007801 fall within Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053007801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 150 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053007801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.14% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27053007801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 27053007801 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 19.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27053007801 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053007801 scores 6.8/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 27053007801 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 30% 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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