Tract 27053106900 ·
Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,898 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 27053106900 covers part of the Whittier area of Minneapolis, MN, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,898. Against the Hennepin County average of 5.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.9 points.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%Stable renters 41%Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,362
Renter share74.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate29.7%
Median income$61,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33th percentile
#3 of 4 tracts In Whittier
Low
Within parent city
96th percentile
#6 of 121 tracts In Minneapolis
Very High
Within county
94th percentile
#21 of 329 tracts In Hennepin County
Very 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 44.9591, -93.2738 · 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
29.7% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,171 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
79%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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
87%Grade C
13%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)
143Total filings over 5 yrs
2.77%Avg annual filing rate
3.3%Peak (2009)
27Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year2009 to 2013
Filings dropped 21% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
175Total filings 2020-21
2.3Avg monthly (observed)
1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.37×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
14.4%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
17.5%Food insecurity
13.2%SNAP enrollment
11.2%Transit barriers
9.9%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittier
The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 143 evictions over 5 years of observation.
At $1,171 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Minneapolis commands. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.3% of renter households. 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 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053106900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053106900?
Census tract 27053106900 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 27053106900?
Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053106900?
29.7% of residents in tract 27053106900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,898.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053106900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 22th, minority 54th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 27053106900 considered part of Whittier?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053106900 fall within Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053106900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 143 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053106900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.77% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27053106900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.37× 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 27053106900 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27053106900 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053106900 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 27053106900 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. 13% 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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