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Rondo Eviction Risk: Elevated , St. Paul

Tract 27123032500 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 3,937 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

27123032500 is a census tract in the Rondo area of St. Paul, MN. It scores 7.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,937 residents. The severe-burden share is 53%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 13% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,601
Renter share41.3%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$52,218

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 16 tracts In Rondo
Moderate
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 85 tracts In St. Paul
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 143 tracts In Ramsey County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Paul and the region

Centroid at 44.9580, -93.1365 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rondo scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Rondo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rondo risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.9This tracttract 0325006.5St. Paulparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 356Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2013)
  • 48Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27123032500
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 230Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.86×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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 Rondo. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rondo

Against Ramsey County at 47.3%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.

It sits 2.3 points above the Ramsey County average of 5.6. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 30.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,048, 18% below the St. Paul average. SNAP participation runs 23.7% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 356 filings here across 7 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 8.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for St. Paul. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 27123032500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123032500?

Census tract 27123032500 in the Rondo 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 27123032500?

Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27123032500?

31.2% of residents in tract 27123032500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,937.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27123032500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 55th, minority 77th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 27123032500 considered part of Rondo?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123032500 fall within Rondo (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123032500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 356 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123032500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.80% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 27123032500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 27123032500 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.8% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 27123032500 compare to St. Paul overall?

Tract 27123032500 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 27123032500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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