Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Rondo Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Paul
Tract 27123033900 ·
Ramsey County, MN · pop 1,506 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
How risky is Rondo in St. Paul for landlords? Census tract 27123033900 scores 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,158 a month against an average household income of $93,594 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%Stable renters 28%Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units615
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$93,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
13th percentile
#14 of 16 tracts In Rondo
Very Low
Within parent city
30th percentile
#60 of 85 tracts In St. Paul
Low
Within county
61th percentile
#57 of 143 tracts In Ramsey County
Elevated
Within state
75th percentile
#371 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Paul and the region
Centroid at 44.9487, -93.1269 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rondo scores 4.7
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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,158 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
78%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
54%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
72%Grade C
28%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
2.85%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak (2013)
11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2009 to 2015
Filings dropped 15% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
78Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly (observed)
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.86×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
15.2%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
16.1%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rondo
What moves this score most 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 82nd 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.
Part of this tract, about 28% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
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 27123033900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123033900?
Census tract 27123033900 in the Rondo 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 27123033900?
Median gross rent is $1,158/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123033900?
12.0% of residents in tract 27123033900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,506.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123033900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 93th, minority 75th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 27123033900 considered part of Rondo?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123033900 fall within Rondo (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123033900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123033900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.85% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123033900 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 27123033900 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123033900 compare to St. Paul overall?
Tract 27123033900 scores 4.7/10, 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 27123033900 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. 28% 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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