Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Northfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27131070501 · Rice County, MN · pop 4,181 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Northfield
Tract 27131070501 sits in Northfield eviction risk, MN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. Population here is 4,181. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.8/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units805
Renter share24.8%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$89,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northfield and the region
Centroid at 44.4597, -93.1488 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northfield scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northfield
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,113 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northfield
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northfield
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northfield
3.9
How Northfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
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)
- 10Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2014)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 4 months.
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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northfield
The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 10 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Cost burden runs 48% here against 43.6% across Rice County.
Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Rice County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 2.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27131070501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27131070501?
Census tract 27131070501 in Northfield scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 27131070501?
Median gross rent is $1,113/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27131070501?
7.3% of residents in tract 27131070501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,181.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27131070501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 1th, minority 42th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27131070501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27131070501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.95% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27131070501 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27131070501 compare to Northfield overall?
Tract 27131070501 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Northfield at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Northfield
Top eight tracts in Northfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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