Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Northrop Eviction Risk: Moderate , Minneapolis
Tract 27053011000 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 3,740 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 27053011000, in the Northrop neighborhood of Minneapolis eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 3,740. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,124 a month while the average household earns $109,722 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,590
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$109,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9215, -93.2549 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northrop scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Minneapolis
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,124 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Minneapolis
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Minneapolis
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Minneapolis
7.0
How Northrop compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 10%Grade A
- 75%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 63Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2009)
- 8Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 19Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 21.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northrop
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Minneapolis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hennepin County average of 5.6 and above 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 21st 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 8.2% 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053011000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053011000?
Census tract 27053011000 in the Northrop neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 27053011000?
Median gross rent is $1,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053011000?
2.6% of residents in tract 27053011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,740.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053011000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 30th, minority 49th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 27053011000 considered part of Northrop?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053011000 fall within Northrop (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053011000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 63 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053011000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.86% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27053011000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 27053011000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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.
Q9
How does tract 27053011000 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053011000 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Minneapolis at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Minneapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 27053011000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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8
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8
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7.9
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.7
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