2 census tracts · pop 7,919 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.9/10
· range 6.5–7.9
Highwood Hills takes in 2 census tracts of St. Paul, MN and houses 7,919 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.9/10, in the Elevated tier. 44% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the St. Paul rate of 30.0%.
The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.5 to 7.9, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Food insecurity affects 32.1% of adults, 14.3 points above the national rate. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.3/10. Court records for this tract carry 367 eviction filings.
15.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 6.2% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 4.9% in 2015 against a 6.2% peak. That places it #1 of 23 neighborhoods in St. Paul.
For a like-for-like read, Pig's Eye and South Saint Anthony Park score within a fraction of it.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Highwood Hills vs St. PaulHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport99%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Highwood Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
367Total filings (sum)
5.33%Avg annual filing rate
6.2%Peak year (2014)
4.92%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
262Total filings 2020-21
3.4Avg monthly observed
3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
1.07×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Highwood Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.6%Housing insecurity
15.1%Utility shutoff threat
32.1%Food insecurity
28.1%SNAP enrollment
12.6%No health insurance
38.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Highwood Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Highwood Hills?
Highwood Hills scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Highwood Hills compare to St. Paul overall?
Highwood Hills scores 1.4 points higher than St. Paul overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,228 vs $1,281.
Q3
What is the average rent in Highwood Hills?
Average gross rent in Highwood Hills is $1,228/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Highwood Hills residents are renters?
52% of Highwood Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 47% in St. Paul). The neighborhood has 7,919 residents.
Q5
Is Highwood Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Highwood Hills sits in the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Highwood Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Highwood Hills is census tract 27123037403 (score 7.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.5 to 7.9, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Highwood Hills for landlords?
Highwood Hills carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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. Paul as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Highwood Hills?
Highwood Hills has 7,735 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (51%), White (non-Hispanic) (23.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (20.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
