Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Crystal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27053020902 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,541
Census tract 27053020902 covers part of Crystal, MN, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Hennepin County average of 43.1%.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units928
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$110,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Crystal and the region
Centroid at 45.0273, -93.3620 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crystal scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Crystal
7.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,891 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crystal
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crystal
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crystal
6.6
How Crystal compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 23Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2013)
- 10Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 14Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.58×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.
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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crystal
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.
Average gross rent is $1,891, 29% above the Crystal average. Against the Hennepin County average of 5.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.4/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 23 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. The voucher gap is 12.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2013 at 9.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053020902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053020902?
Census tract 27053020902 in Crystal scores 3.3/10 (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 27053020902?
Median gross rent is $1,891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053020902?
3.9% of residents in tract 27053020902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,541.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053020902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 23th, minority 41th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053020902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053020902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.75% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053020902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27053020902 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053020902 compare to Crystal overall?
Tract 27053020902 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Crystal at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crystal eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Crystal
Top eight tracts in Crystal ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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