Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Iris Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , St. Paul
Tract 27123032100 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 2,887 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Eviction risk in the Iris Park neighborhood of St. Paul centers on tract 27123032100, which scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,887 residents. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,067 a month while the average household earns $49,201 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 73% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,281
Renter share73.0%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$49,201
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Paul and the region
Centroid at 44.9636, -93.1669 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iris Park scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Paul
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Paul
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Paul
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Paul
7.5
How Iris Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 73%Grade B
- 21%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)
- 177Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2011)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 185Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.39×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 Iris Park. 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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.6%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Iris Park
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk 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 St. Paul eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ramsey County average of 6.0 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 27123032100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123032100?
Census tract 27123032100 in the Iris Park neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 27123032100?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123032100?
21.8% of residents in tract 27123032100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,887.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123032100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 10th, minority 53th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 27123032100 considered part of Iris Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123032100 fall within Iris Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123032100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 177 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123032100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.42% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123032100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.39× 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 27123032100 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123032100 compare to St. Paul overall?
Tract 27123032100 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of St. Paul at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Paul eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 27123032100 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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Highest-risk tracts in St. Paul
Top eight tracts in St. Paul ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
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