Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Battle Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Maplewood
Tract 27123042504 · Ramsey County, MN · pop 4,443 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 27123042504 in Battle Creek in Maplewood ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,443 residents. That is riskier than about 26% of US census tracts.
16% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,491 a month while the average household earns $102,956 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,831
Renter share17.5%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$102,956
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maplewood and the region
Centroid at 44.9368, -92.9944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Battle Creek scores 2.7
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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,491 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Battle Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 64Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2013)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 174Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.94×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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Battle Creek
The score leans hardest on 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 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.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.94x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 27123042504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27123042504?
Census tract 27123042504 in the Battle Creek neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (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 27123042504?
Median gross rent is $1,491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27123042504?
4.8% of residents in tract 27123042504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,443.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27123042504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 52th, minority 59th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 27123042504 considered part of Battle Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 27123042504 fall within Battle Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27123042504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 64 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 27123042504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.50% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 27123042504 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.94× 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 27123042504 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 27123042504 compare to Maplewood overall?
Tract 27123042504 scores 2.7/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 27123042504 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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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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2.4
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