Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Northfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27131070601 · Rice County, MN · pop 3,939
For landlords sizing up Northfield, census tract 27131070601 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,060 a month while the average household earns $73,000 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,856
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$73,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northfield and the region
Centroid at 44.4639, -93.1665 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northfield scores 3.3
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
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 36Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2014)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northfield
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Northfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Rice County average of 4.5 and below the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.6% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 27131070601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27131070601?
Census tract 27131070601 in Northfield scores 3.3/10 (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 27131070601?
Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27131070601?
12.6% of residents in tract 27131070601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27131070601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 84th, minority 40th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27131070601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27131070601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.46% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27131070601 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27131070601 compare to Northfield overall?
Tract 27131070601 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Northfield at 4.8/10. 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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