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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Richfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 27053024903 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,300

Census tract 27053024903 covers part of Richfield, MN, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 31% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units829
Renter share46.7%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$86,406

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 11 tracts In Richfield
High
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 329 tracts In Hennepin County
Moderate
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#478 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Elevated
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richfield and the region

Centroid at 44.8664, -93.2523 · click any tract to drill in

Why Richfield scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Richfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0249034.5Richfieldparent city5.1Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 181Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 9.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.5%Peak (2009)
  • 25Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27053024903
Filings dropped 55% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 64Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.42×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Richfield

roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Hennepin County average of 43.1%. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 2/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. At $1,172 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Richfield commands.

The filing record is not thin: 181 evictions over 5 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2009, when 13.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $86,406, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 27053024903

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053024903?

Census tract 27053024903 in Richfield scores 4.9/10 (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 27053024903?

Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27053024903?

11.5% of residents in tract 27053024903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,300.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27053024903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 91th, minority 77th, housing 86th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053024903?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053024903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.99% of renter households, peaking at 13.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 27053024903 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 27053024903 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% 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.
Q8

How does tract 27053024903 compare to Richfield overall?

Tract 27053024903 scores 4.9/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Richfield

Top eight tracts in Richfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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