Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27003050210 · Anoka County, MN · pop 4,180
How risky is Columbus for landlords? Census tract 27003050210 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,534 monthly, set against $117,917 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$117,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 45.2549, -93.1077 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbus
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,534 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
4.5
How Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 19Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.5/10. 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 Columbus, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Anoka County average of 5.3 and in line with the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 27003050210
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27003050210?
Census tract 27003050210 in Columbus scores 1.4/10 (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 27003050210?
Median gross rent is $1,534/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27003050210?
3.4% of residents in tract 27003050210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,180.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27003050210?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 14th, minority 14th, housing 3th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27003050210?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27003050210 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.23% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27003050210 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27003050210 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 27003050210 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Columbus at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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