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Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally

Cottage Grove Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 27163071211 · Washington County, MN · pop 5,242

Cottage Grove anchors census tract 27163071211, which lands at 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 26% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 17% of renter households, a modest level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,079 a month against an average household income of $143,144 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 10% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,784
Renter share11.9%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$143,144

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Cottage Grove
Moderate
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 59 tracts In Washington County
Low
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#1,342 of 1,502 tracts In Minnesota
Very Low
National
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#80,791 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cottage Grove and the region

Centroid at 44.8521, -92.9549 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cottage Grove scores 1.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cottage Grove
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Minnesota legislature & governorship
4.3
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,079 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cottage Grove
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cottage Grove
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cottage Grove
5.3

How Cottage Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cottage Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.31.3This tracttract 071211Cottage Grove: 4.84.8Cottage Groveparent cityCounty: 1.81.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cottage Grove

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.7/10. 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 Cottage Grove eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Washington County average of 5.1 and below the Minnesota statewide average of 5.0. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 27163071211

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 27163071211?

Census tract 27163071211 in Cottage Grove scores 1.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 27163071211?

Median gross rent is $2,079/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 27163071211?

6.0% of residents in tract 27163071211 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,242.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 27163071211?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 22th, minority 31th, housing 4th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 27163071211 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 27163071211 compare to Cottage Grove overall?

Tract 27163071211 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Cottage Grove at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cottage Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cottage Grove

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

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