Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Battle Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Maplewood
Tract 27123037402 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 4,068 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 27123037402 in the Battle Creek area of Maplewood ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,068 residents. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,604 a month while the average household earns $67,431 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,726
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$67,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maplewood and the region
Centroid at 44.9444, -93.0243 · click any tract to drill in
Why Battle Creek scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Maplewood
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,604 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maplewood
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maplewood
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maplewood
7.5
How Battle Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
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)
- 251Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2009)
- 44Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 297Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.64×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 Battle Creek. 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Battle Creek
The score leans hardest on 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 Maplewood 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 85th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 251 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.0% of renter households in 2009.
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 27123037402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123037402?
Census tract 27123037402 in the Battle Creek neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 27123037402?
Median gross rent is $1,604/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123037402?
2.0% of residents in tract 27123037402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,068.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123037402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 95th, minority 72th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 27123037402 considered part of Battle Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123037402 fall within Battle Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123037402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 251 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123037402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.11% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123037402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.64× 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 27123037402 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123037402 compare to Maplewood overall?
Tract 27123037402 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Maplewood at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maplewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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