Tract 27053007801 ·
Hennepin County, MN · pop 1,862 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
27053007801 is a census tract in the Whittier area of Minneapolis, MN. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 62% here against 43.1% across Hennepin County.
Risk score
8
High
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 neighborhood
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Whittier
Elevated
Within parent city
63th percentile
#45 of 121 tracts In Minneapolis
Elevated
Within county
88th percentile
#42 of 329 tracts In Hennepin County
High
Within state
100th percentile
#1 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
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 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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 by year2009 to 2013
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
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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
Against the Hennepin County average of 5.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.9 points. The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. 87% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Food insecurity runs 38.0% against 17.8% nationally. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 150 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
At $1,229 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Minneapolis commands. The worst year on record was 2009, when 6.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 5.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053007801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053007801?
Census tract 27053007801 in the Whittier 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 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 8/10, higher 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 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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