Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Browndale Eviction Risk: Lower , Edina
Tract 27053023600 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 4,020 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
27053023600 is a census tract in the Browndale area of Edina, MN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,020 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,478
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edina and the region
Centroid at 44.9123, -93.3407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Browndale scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Edina
7.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edina
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edina
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edina
4.7
How Browndale 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
- 17%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%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)
- 10Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2011)
- 4Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 6Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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
Within Browndale. 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.
- 4.5%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.5%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.5%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 11.1%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Browndale
Against the Hennepin County average of 5.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.1 points. Disability prevalence runs 19.0% against 31.5% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.4/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Hennepin County average of 43.1%.
Housing insecurity runs 4.5% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.2/10.
Court records carry 10 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.2% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Minneapolis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053023600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053023600?
Census tract 27053023600 in the Browndale neighborhood scores 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 poverty rate in tract 27053023600?
1.7% of residents in tract 27053023600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,020.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053023600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 17th, minority 18th, housing 9th.
Q4
Is tract 27053023600 considered part of Browndale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053023600 fall within Browndale (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053023600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27053023600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.35% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053023600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27053023600 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053023600 compare to Edina overall?
Tract 27053023600 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Edina at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edina eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 27053023600 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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