Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Morristown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 27131070300 · Rice County, MN · pop 4,647 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Morristown
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 27131070300 in Morristown, MN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 19% here against 43.6% across Rice County.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,906
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$91,154
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morristown and the region
Centroid at 44.2456, -93.4699 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morristown scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morristown
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,156 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morristown
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morristown
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morristown
4.7
How Morristown 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.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 28Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2014)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morristown
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.3/10. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 28 evictions over 4 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,156, 14% above the Morristown average. Against the Rice County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 11% 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. Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $91,154, annual rent is just 15%. Statewide the MN average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 27131070300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27131070300?
Census tract 27131070300 in Morristown scores 3.5/10 (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 27131070300?
Median gross rent is $1,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27131070300?
6.6% of residents in tract 27131070300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,647.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27131070300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 17th, minority 9th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 27131070300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 27131070300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.77% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 27131070300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 27131070300 compare to Morristown overall?
Tract 27131070300 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Morristown at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morristown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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