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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Mendota Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 27037060604 · Dakota County, MN · pop 3,086 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Mendota Heights

Tract 27037060604 sits in Mendota Heights, MN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,086 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,483
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$143,642

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Mendota Heights
Very Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#92 of 106 tracts In Dakota County
Very Low
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,230 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Very Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mendota Heights and the region

Centroid at 44.8897, -93.1445 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mendota Heights scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mendota Heights
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,036 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mendota Heights
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mendota Heights
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mendota Heights
3.4

How Mendota Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mendota Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0606044.0Mendota Heightsparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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)

  • 7Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 1.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2009)
  • 2Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27037060604
Filings dropped 100% 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 Mendota Heights

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $2,036 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Mendota Heights commands. Food insecurity runs 4.4% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 2.7% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 20.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Against the Dakota County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 7 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.1/10. Filings peaked in 2009 at 2.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 27037060604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27037060604?

Census tract 27037060604 in Mendota Heights scores 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 27037060604?

Median gross rent is $2,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27037060604?

2.6% of residents in tract 27037060604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,086.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27037060604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 31th, minority 20th, housing 60th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27037060604?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 27037060604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.76% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 27037060604 struggle to pay rent?

About 3.8% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 27037060604 compare to Mendota Heights overall?

Tract 27037060604 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mendota Heights at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mendota Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mendota Heights

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

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