Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Ely Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 27137015300 · St. Louis County, MN · pop 3,265 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Ely
Ely anchors census tract 27137015300, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 64% of US census tracts.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $627 a month against an average household income of $46,042 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,735
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$46,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ely and the region
Centroid at 47.9069, -91.8520 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ely scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ely
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$627 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ely
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ely
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ely
7.4
How Ely compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ely
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Ely, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Louis County average of 4.9 and above the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 50th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 27137015300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27137015300?
Census tract 27137015300 in Ely scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 27137015300?
Median gross rent is $627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 27137015300?
15.9% of residents in tract 27137015300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,265.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 27137015300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 9th, minority 9th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 27137015300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 27137015300 compare to Ely overall?
Tract 27137015300 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Ely at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ely; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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