Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Crystal Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27053020903 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 2,915
27053020903 is a census tract in Crystal, MN. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,915. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share8.2%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$99,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Crystal and the region
Centroid at 45.0391, -93.3595 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crystal scores 4.5
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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$2,039 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 37Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2013)
- 11Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 15Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.31×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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crystal
Average gross rent is $2,039, 39% above the Crystal average. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.
Against Hennepin County at 43.1%, 31% of renters here are cost-burdened. The voucher gap is 21.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.4/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 37 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2013 at 7.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053020903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053020903?
Census tract 27053020903 in Crystal scores 4.5/10 (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 27053020903?
Median gross rent is $2,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053020903?
13.0% of residents in tract 27053020903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053020903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 5th, minority 34th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053020903?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053020903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.10% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053020903 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.31× 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 27053020903 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053020903 compare to Crystal overall?
Tract 27053020903 scores 4.5/10, higher 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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