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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Snelling West Eviction Risk: Lower , Falcon Heights

Tract 27123041900 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 3,424 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 27123041900 in the Snelling West area of Falcon Heights, MN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,424 residents. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 9% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,318
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$123,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Snelling West
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Falcon Heights
Very Low
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#122 of 143 tracts In Ramsey County
Very Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#1,127 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Falcon Heights and the region

Centroid at 44.9957, -93.1727 · click any tract to drill in

Why Snelling West scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Falcon Heights
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,543 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Falcon Heights
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Falcon Heights
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Falcon Heights
5.6

How Snelling West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Snelling West risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0419004.6Falcon Heightsparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 50Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2012)
  • 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27123041900
Filings climbed 233% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 33Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.66×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 Snelling West. 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 Snelling West

63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Ramsey County average of 47.3%. Against the Ramsey County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.4 points.

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10. At $1,543 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of Falcon Heights commands.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 4.7% against 15.2% nationally.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 50 filings here across 7 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2012 at 2.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 1.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 27123041900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123041900?

Census tract 27123041900 in the Snelling West neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 27123041900?

Median gross rent is $1,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27123041900?

5.6% of residents in tract 27123041900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,424.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27123041900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 37th, minority 31th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 27123041900 considered part of Snelling West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123041900 fall within Snelling West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123041900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123041900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 27123041900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Minneapolis eviction risk-Saint Paul, MN), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 27123041900 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 27123041900 compare to Falcon Heights overall?

Tract 27123041900 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Falcon Heights at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Falcon Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 27123041900 historically redlined?

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

Top eight tracts in Falcon Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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