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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Highwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Maplewood

Tract 27123042503 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 2,974 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 27123042503 in the Highwood area of Maplewood, MN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,974. Against the Ramsey County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.6 points.

Risk score
3
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Highwood
Moderate
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Maplewood
Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#136 of 143 tracts In Ramsey County
Very Low
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,230 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Very 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 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Highwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0425034.3Maplewoodparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

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.

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 by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 27123042503
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
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.

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 Highwood

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.

Court records carry 18 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2009 at 5.0% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 19.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 2% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 27123042503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123042503?

Census tract 27123042503 in the Highwood neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Maplewood at 4.3/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Maplewood

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

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