Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Minneapolis
Tract 27053126102 ·
Hennepin County, MN · pop 6,973 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 27053126102 covers the Downtown East area of Minneapolis in Minnesota. Home to 6,973 residents, it scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,920 monthly, set against $123,452 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%Stable renters 47%Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units3,878
Renter share72.2%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$123,452
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Downtown East
Moderate
Within parent city
22th percentile
#95 of 121 tracts In Minneapolis
Low
Within county
69th percentile
#103 of 329 tracts In Hennepin County
Elevated
Within state
75th percentile
#371 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Minneapolis and the region
Centroid at 44.9781, -93.2611 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown East scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,920 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 Downtown East compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
25%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
15%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
604Total filings 2020-21
7.8Avg monthly (observed)
3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
2.10×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
8.5%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.2%Food insecurity
5.7%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown East
What moves this score most is 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 15% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.10x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
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 27053126102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27053126102?
Census tract 27053126102 in the Downtown East neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 27053126102?
Median gross rent is $1,920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27053126102?
11.1% of residents in tract 27053126102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,973.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27053126102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 2th, minority 54th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 27053126102 considered part of Downtown East?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27053126102 fall within Downtown East (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27053126102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.10× 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 27053126102 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27053126102 compare to Minneapolis overall?
Tract 27053126102 scores 4.7/10, lower 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.
Q9
Was tract 27053126102 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 15% 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.