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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Cottage Grove Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 27163071207 · Washington County, MN · pop 9,394

27163071207 is a census tract in Cottage Grove, MN. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 9,394 residents. Cost burden runs 12% here against 44.0% across Washington County.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 3% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units2,908
Renter share2.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$141,008

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Cottage Grove
Very Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 59 tracts In Washington County
Very Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#1,127 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cottage Grove and the region

Centroid at 44.8309, -92.8942 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cottage Grove scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cottage Grove
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,801 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cottage Grove
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cottage Grove
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cottage Grove
5.3

How Cottage Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cottage Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0712074.0Cottage Groveparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 29Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 9.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.7%Peak (2011)
  • 6Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27163071207
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cottage Grove

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. SNAP participation runs 5.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 29 eviction filings across 3 observed years.

Against the Washington County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 12.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $141,008, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 27163071207

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27163071207?

Census tract 27163071207 in Cottage Grove scores 3.2/10 (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 27163071207?

Median gross rent is $1,801/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27163071207?

2.6% of residents in tract 27163071207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,394.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27163071207?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 32th, minority 33th, housing 17th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27163071207?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 27163071207 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.22% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 27163071207 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 27163071207 compare to Cottage Grove overall?

Tract 27163071207 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Cottage Grove at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cottage Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cottage Grove

Top eight tracts in Cottage Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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