3 census tracts · pop 11,063 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 6.1–7.9
Snelling - Hamline takes in 3 census tracts of St. Paul, MN and houses 11,063 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.7/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 52% against 30.0% citywide, putting Snelling - Hamline 21.8% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.1 to 7.9, a 1.8-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.2/10.
Court records carry 222 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 2.5% of renter households.
That places it #14 of 23 neighborhoods in St. Paul. Judgments average 0.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Greater East Side and Conway score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $75,614, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion.
Average gross rent runs $1,217, close to the St. Paul average. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Snelling - Hamline vs St. PaulHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Snelling - Hamline
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
222Total filings (sum)
1.36%Avg annual filing rate
2.5%Peak year (2015)
1.22%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
371Total filings 2020-21
1.5Avg monthly observed
0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
1.66×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 - Hamline
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.3%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility shutoff threat
13.3%Food insecurity
9.7%SNAP enrollment
6.3%No health insurance
25.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Snelling - Hamline
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Snelling - Hamline?
Snelling - Hamline scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 - Hamline compare to St. Paul overall?
Snelling - Hamline scores 0.2 points higher than St. Paul overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,217 vs $1,281.
Q3
What is the average rent in Snelling - Hamline?
Average gross rent in Snelling - Hamline is $1,217/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Snelling - Hamline residents are renters?
49% of Snelling - Hamline households are renter-occupied (vs 47% in St. Paul). The neighborhood has 11,063 residents.
Q5
Is Snelling - Hamline a high social-vulnerability area?
Snelling - Hamline sits in the 34th 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 - Hamline have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Snelling - Hamline is census tract 27123033400 (score 7.9/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.1 to 7.9, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Snelling - Hamline for landlords?
Snelling - Hamline carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). 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 St. Paul as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Snelling - Hamline?
Snelling - Hamline has 11,252 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.7%), Hispanic / Latino (5.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
