Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Whittier Eviction Risk: Elevated , Minneapolis
Tract 27053107000 · Hennepin County, MN · pop 3,593 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Whittier in Minneapolis anchors census tract 27053107000, which lands at 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,199 monthly, set against $57,207 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,147
Renter share87.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$57,207
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9546, -93.2830 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittier scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Minneapolis
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,199 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Minneapolis
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Minneapolis
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Minneapolis
7.0
How Whittier compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 59%Grade B
- 41%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)
- 183Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2009)
- 27Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 361Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.26×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 Whittier. 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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittier
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Minneapolis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hennepin County average of 5.6 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 183 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.1% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 27053107000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053107000?
Census tract 27053107000 in the Whittier neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 27053107000?
Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053107000?
24.9% of residents in tract 27053107000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,593.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053107000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 5th, minority 61th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 27053107000 considered part of Whittier?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053107000 fall within Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27053107000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 183 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 27053107000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.26% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27053107000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.26× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 27053107000 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27053107000 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053107000 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Minneapolis at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Minneapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 27053107000 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Minneapolis
Top eight tracts in Minneapolis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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Como
7.9
/ 10 · High
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Hawthorne
7.8
/ 10 · High
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Elliot Park
7.8
/ 10 · High
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Cedar-Riverside
7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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