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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

North St. Paul Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 27123042602 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 2,115

Tract 27123042602 sits in North St. Paul, MN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 17% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units912
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$87,628

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In North St. Paul
Moderate
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#105 of 143 tracts In Ramsey County
Low
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#691 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Moderate
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across North St. Paul and the region

Centroid at 45.0189, -92.9910 · click any tract to drill in

Why North St. Paul scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from North St. Paul
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,115 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from North St. Paul
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North St. Paul
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from North St. Paul
4.4

How North St. Paul compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North St. Paul risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0426024.0North St. Paulparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 113Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2009)
  • 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27123042602
Filings dropped 58% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 41Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North St. Paul

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.6/10. Against the Ramsey County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. At $1,115 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of North St. Paul commands.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 7.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $87,628, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 27123042602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123042602?

Census tract 27123042602 in North St. Paul scores 4.2/10 (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 27123042602?

Median gross rent is $1,115/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27123042602?

15.4% of residents in tract 27123042602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,115.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27123042602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 87th, minority 40th, housing 97th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123042602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123042602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.21% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 27123042602 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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 27123042602 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 27123042602 compare to North St. Paul overall?

Tract 27123042602 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of North St. Paul at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North St. Paul eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in North St. Paul

Top eight tracts in North St. Paul ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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