Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Merriam Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Paul
Tract 27123035000 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 2,625 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 27123035000, home to 2,625 residents in the Merriam Park area of St. Paul, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #16,630 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,321 a month while the average household earns $102,045 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,224
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$102,045
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Paul and the region
Centroid at 44.9441, -93.1751 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merriam Park scores 4.2
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,321 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 48%Grade A
- 52%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 26Total filings over 7 yrs
- 0.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2014)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 16Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×Ratio to 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 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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merriam 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 about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.85x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% of renter households in 2014.
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 27123035000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123035000?
Census tract 27123035000 in the Merriam Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 27123035000?
Median gross rent is $1,321/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123035000?
7.4% of residents in tract 27123035000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123035000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 7th, minority 17th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 27123035000 considered part of Merriam Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123035000 fall within Merriam Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123035000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123035000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.78% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123035000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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 27123035000 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123035000 compare to St. Paul overall?
Tract 27123035000 scores 4.2/10, 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 27123035000 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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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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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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