Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Iris Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , St. Paul
Tract 27123032100 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 2,887 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 7.9/10, tract 27123032100 in the Iris Park area of St. Paul, MN reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,887. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.
Risk score
7.9
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
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
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 7.9
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
Against the Ramsey County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. 73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Ramsey County average of 47.3%.
The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,067 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of St. Paul commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 177 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.0% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 90th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 7.9/10 (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 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 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of St. Paul at 6.5/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Paul
Top eight tracts in St. Paul ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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