Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Diamond Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Richfield
Tract 27053024904 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 3,674 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
27053024904 is a census tract in the Diamond Lake area of Richfield, MN. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,674 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,502
Renter share27.2%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$80,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richfield and the region
Centroid at 44.8808, -93.2523 · click any tract to drill in
Why Diamond Lake scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Richfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,456 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richfield
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richfield
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richfield
4.4
How Diamond Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 113Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.06×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
Within Diamond Lake. 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Diamond Lake
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Hennepin County average of 43.1%. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Hennepin County average of 5.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,456, close to the Richfield average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $80,833.
27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053024904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053024904?
Census tract 27053024904 in the Diamond Lake neighborhood 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 27053024904?
Median gross rent is $1,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053024904?
5.9% of residents in tract 27053024904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,674.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053024904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 50th, minority 70th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 27053024904 considered part of Diamond Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053024904 fall within Diamond Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053024904 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.06× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27053024904 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053024904 compare to Richfield overall?
Tract 27053024904 scores 4.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Richfield at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Richfield
Top eight tracts in Richfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.1
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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