Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 27037061401 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27037061401 · Dakota County, MN · pop 3,029
How risky is Dakota in Dakota County for landlords? Census tract 27037061401 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 42nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,093 monthly, set against $127,392 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,053
Renter share5.0%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$127,392
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dakota County and the region
Centroid at 44.6587, -92.8027 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 27037061401 scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,093 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 27037061401 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 14Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2010)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 27037061401
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Minnesota eviction laws law, 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 in line with the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd 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 27037061401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27037061401?
Census tract 27037061401 in Dakota County scores 1.7/10 (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 27037061401?
Median gross rent is $1,093/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27037061401?
3.8% of residents in tract 27037061401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,029.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27037061401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 11th, minority 3th, housing 18th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27037061401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27037061401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.84% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27037061401 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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