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Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally

Inver Grove Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 27037060509 · Dakota County, MN · pop 6,433

How risky is Inver Grove Heights in Dakota County for landlords? Census tract 27037060509 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,393 a month while the average household earns $130,563 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 7% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,645
Renter share14.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$130,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 7 tracts In Inver Grove Heights
Very Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 106 tracts In Dakota County
Low
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#1,342 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Very Low
National
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#80,791 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Inver Grove Heights and the region

Centroid at 44.8258, -93.0147 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inver Grove Heights scores 1.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,393 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Inver Grove Heights
4.4

How Inver Grove Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Inver Grove Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.31.3This tracttract 060509Inver Grove Height: 4.94.9Inver Grove Heightparent cityCounty: 2.12.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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)

  • 62Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2012)
  • 10Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 270370605092009: 12 filings (6.77/100 renter HHs)2010: 9 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2011: 10 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)2012: 21 filings (4.68/100 renter HHs)2013: 10 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 5 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inver Grove Heights

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 5.9/10. 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 Inver Grove Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dakota County average of 5.3 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 27037060509

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27037060509?

Census tract 27037060509 in Inver Grove Heights scores 1.3/10 (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 27037060509?

Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27037060509?

5.5% of residents in tract 27037060509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,433.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27037060509?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 33th, minority 26th, housing 66th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27037060509?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27037060509 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.72% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 27037060509 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 27037060509 compare to Inver Grove Heights overall?

Tract 27037060509 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Inver Grove Heights at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Inver Grove Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Inver Grove Heights

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

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