3 census tracts · pop 11,662 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10
· range 5.1–7
Summit Hill is a 3-tract suburb of St. Paul, MN and houses 11,662 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.2/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a St. Paul baseline of 30.0%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.1 to 7, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 361 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
SNAP participation is 6.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 5.6% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.5% of adults, 8.3 points below the national rate. Average gross rent is $1,395, 9% above the St. Paul average of $1,281.
The most recent observed rate, 3.1% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 23 mapped neighborhoods of St. Paul, it ranks #18 by risk, the lower third.
Against average income of $90,682, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.9 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Summit Hill vs St. PaulHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority30%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Summit Hill
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
361Total filings (sum)
2.98%Avg annual filing rate
5.6%Peak year (2014)
2.78%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
271Total filings 2020-21
1.4Avg monthly observed
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
1.09×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 Summit Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.1%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility shutoff threat
9.6%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
5.7%No health insurance
25.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Summit Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Summit Hill?
Summit Hill scores 6.2/10 (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 Summit Hill compare to St. Paul overall?
Summit Hill scores 0.3 points lower than St. Paul overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,395 vs $1,281.
Q3
What is the average rent in Summit Hill?
Average gross rent in Summit Hill is $1,395/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Summit Hill residents are renters?
32% of Summit Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 47% in St. Paul). The neighborhood has 11,662 residents.
Q5
Is Summit Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Summit Hill sits in the 32nd 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 Summit Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Summit Hill is census tract 27123036700 (score 7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 7, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Summit Hill for landlords?
Summit Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). 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 Summit Hill?
Summit Hill has 11,688 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.6%), Other / Multiracial (4.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
