Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Snelling - Hamline Eviction Risk: Elevated , St. Paul
Tract 27123033400 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 3,288 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 27123033400 covers part of the Snelling - Hamline area of St. Paul, MN, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,288. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,236
Renter share75.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$60,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Paul and the region
Centroid at 44.9515, -93.1610 · click any tract to drill in
Why Snelling - Hamline scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Paul
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,185 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Paul
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Paul
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Paul
7.5
How Snelling - Hamline compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 7%Grade B
- 36%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 151Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2015)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 73% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 294Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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
Within Snelling - Hamline. 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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.4%Food insecurity
- 19.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.9%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Snelling - Hamline
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 9/10. Against the Ramsey County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 151 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.5% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport 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 27123033400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123033400?
Census tract 27123033400 in the Snelling - Hamline neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 27123033400?
Median gross rent is $1,185/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123033400?
30.2% of residents in tract 27123033400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,288.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123033400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 23th, minority 52th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 27123033400 considered part of Snelling - Hamline?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123033400 fall within Snelling - Hamline (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123033400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 151 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123033400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.13% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123033400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.13× 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 27123033400 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123033400 compare to St. Paul overall?
Tract 27123033400 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of St. Paul at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Paul eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 27123033400 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. 2% 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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Highest-risk tracts in St. Paul
Top eight tracts in St. Paul ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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