1 census tracts · pop 3,815 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3.9–3.9
Birchwood is a one-tract neighborhood of St. Louis Park, MN and houses 3,815 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.9/10, Lower tier. Against a St. Louis Park baseline of 26.2%, 38% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,358, 17% below the St. Louis Park average of $1,644.
Court records for this tract carry 116 eviction filings. 10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
SNAP participation is 5.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 8.0% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.0% of adults, 8.8 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 3.0% in 2013, is well off that peak. Among the 12 mapped neighborhoods of St. Louis Park, it ranks #4 by risk, the upper third.
For a like-for-like read, Wolfe Park and Eliot score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $102,292, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion.
38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.9/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Birchwood vs St. Louis ParkHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority50%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Birchwood
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
116Total filings (sum)
3.73%Avg annual filing rate
8.0%Peak year (2009)
3.02%Latest filed (2013)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
175Total filings 2020-21
2.3Avg monthly observed
1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
1.82×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Birchwood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.6%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
5.7%SNAP enrollment
6.6%No health insurance
21.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Birchwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Birchwood?
Birchwood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Birchwood compare to St. Louis Park overall?
Birchwood scores 0.2 points lower than St. Louis Park overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $1,358 vs $1,644.
Q3
What is the average rent in Birchwood?
Average gross rent in Birchwood is $1,358/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Birchwood residents are renters?
38% of Birchwood households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in St. Louis Park). The neighborhood has 3,815 residents.
Q5
Is Birchwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Birchwood sits in the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Birchwood for landlords?
Birchwood carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to St. Louis Park as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Birchwood?
Birchwood has 3,881 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (64.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14.3%), Hispanic / Latino (9.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
