Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Highwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Maplewood
Tract 27123042503 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 2,974 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
The Highwood area of Maplewood is where census tract 27123042503 sits, home to 2,974 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $122,689 a year. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,015
Renter share2.2%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$122,689
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maplewood and the region
Centroid at 44.9085, -92.9937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highwood scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Maplewood
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maplewood
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maplewood
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maplewood
6.1
How Highwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 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)
- 18Total filings over 7 yrs
- 19.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2009)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 6Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.42×Ratio to 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.
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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highwood
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 well below the Ramsey County average of 6.0 and below the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.42x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 27123042503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123042503?
Census tract 27123042503 in the Highwood neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 27123042503?
4.9% of residents in tract 27123042503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,974.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123042503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 13th, minority 59th, housing 24th.
Q4
Is tract 27123042503 considered part of Highwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123042503 fall within Highwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123042503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123042503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 27123042503 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 27123042503 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 27123042503 compare to Maplewood overall?
Tract 27123042503 scores 2.4/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 27123042503 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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2.8
/ 10 · Low
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2.7
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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