Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Merriam Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , St. Paul
Tract 27123033300 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 3,156 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
27123033300 is a census tract in the Merriam Park area of St. Paul, MN. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,255
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$78,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Paul and the region
Centroid at 44.9504, -93.1841 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merriam Park scores 7.3
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
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,302 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Merriam Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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.
- 24%Grade A
- 41%Grade B
- 35%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)
- 75Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2009)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 76% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 61Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.63×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 Merriam 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merriam Park
The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Against the Ramsey County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 75 evictions over 7 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.0% 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 1.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 27123033300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123033300?
Census tract 27123033300 in the Merriam Park neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 27123033300?
Median gross rent is $1,302/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123033300?
18.5% of residents in tract 27123033300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,156.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123033300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 16th, minority 29th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 27123033300 considered part of Merriam Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123033300 fall within Merriam Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123033300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123033300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123033300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.63× 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 27123033300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123033300 compare to St. Paul overall?
Tract 27123033300 scores 7.3/10, 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 27123033300 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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/ 10 · High
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