Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Brooklyn Center Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27053020202 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 5,574
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 27053020202 in Brooklyn Center, MN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,574 residents. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Hennepin County average of 43.1%.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,912
Renter share59.8%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$69,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brooklyn Center and the region
Centroid at 45.0791, -93.2919 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brooklyn Center scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brooklyn Center
7.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,399 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brooklyn Center
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brooklyn Center
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brooklyn Center
6.1
How Brooklyn Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 316Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.43×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 16.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brooklyn Center
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.4/10.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.2/10. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Hennepin County average of 5.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,399, close to the Brooklyn Center average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $69,549.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053020202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053020202?
Census tract 27053020202 in Brooklyn Center scores 5.6/10 (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 27053020202?
Median gross rent is $1,399/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053020202?
11.6% of residents in tract 27053020202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,574.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053020202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 75th, minority 80th, housing 76th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 27053020202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.43× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27053020202 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27053020202 compare to Brooklyn Center overall?
Tract 27053020202 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Brooklyn Center at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brooklyn Center eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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