3 census tracts · pop 9,163 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10
· range 3.2–5.3
Snelling West takes in 3 census tracts of Falcon Heights, MN and houses 9,163 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.7/10, in the Lower tier. 54% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Falcon Heights rate of 31.2%.
33% 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. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Scores across the 3 constituent tracts range from 3.2 to 5.3. A 2.1-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.6/10. Court records carry 113 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.5/10.
SNAP participation is 5.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 2.4% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.2% of adults, 8.6 points below the national rate.
Judgments average 0.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Snelling West vs Falcon HeightsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Snelling West
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
113Total filings (sum)
1.40%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak year (2015)
1.78%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
217Total filings 2020-21
0.8Avg monthly observed
0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
3.16×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 Snelling West
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.3%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
5.2%SNAP enrollment
5.1%No health insurance
23.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Snelling West
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Snelling West?
Snelling West scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Snelling West compare to Falcon Heights overall?
Snelling West scores 0.9 points lower than Falcon Heights overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,264 vs $1,202.
Q3
What is the average rent in Snelling West?
Average gross rent in Snelling West is $1,264/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Snelling West residents are renters?
34% of Snelling West households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Falcon Heights). The neighborhood has 9,163 residents.
Q5
Is Snelling West a high social-vulnerability area?
Snelling West sits in the 43rd 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
Which tracts in Snelling West have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Snelling West is census tract 27123042001 (score 5.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.2 to 5.3, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Snelling West for landlords?
Snelling West carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Falcon Heights as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Snelling West?
Snelling West has 9,021 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
