Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Richfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27053024802 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,623
27053024802 is a census tract in Richfield, MN. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,623 residents. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,126
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$63,135
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richfield and the region
Centroid at 44.8655, -93.2662 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richfield scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Richfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,123 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richfield
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richfield
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richfield
4.4
How Richfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
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)
- 136Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2009)
- 30Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 130Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.77×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
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.
- 20.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.6%Food insecurity
- 19.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.4%Transit barriers
- 19.0%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richfield
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
At $1,123 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Richfield commands. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 136 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 25.6% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Against the Hennepin County average of 5.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2009, when 7.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053024802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053024802?
Census tract 27053024802 in Richfield scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 27053024802?
Median gross rent is $1,123/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053024802?
19.9% of residents in tract 27053024802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,623.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053024802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 91th, minority 66th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053024802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053024802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.82% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053024802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× 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 27053024802 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.3% 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.
Q8
How does tract 27053024802 compare to Richfield overall?
Tract 27053024802 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Richfield at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Richfield
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