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Neighborhood · Anchorage, AK

Huffman Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 5,037 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Huffman is a one-tract neighborhood of Anchorage, AK, population 5,037. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 67% against 28.5% citywide, putting Huffman 38.2% over its own city.

Average gross rent is $2,537, 70% above the Anchorage average of $1,489. The strongest single driver of the headline number is supply constraint at 10/10.

The voucher gap is 62.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.

12% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation is 4.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 7.4% of adults, 10.4 points below the national rate.

Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Anchorage, it ranks #5 by risk, the lower third. Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Eagle River and State Manor.

Against average income of $165,375, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Huffman vs Anchorage How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
66.7% +134%
Anchorage: 28.5%
Average gross rent
$2,537 +70%
Anchorage: $1,489
Average HH income
$165,375 +68%
Anchorage: $98,152
Poverty rate
1.9% -80%
Anchorage: 9.3%
Renter share
3.4% -91%
Anchorage: 36.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huffman and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Huffman scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Rent control risk
67% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
3% renter households · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
1.9% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Risk score comparison

Huffman vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Huffman score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Huffman: 3.03.0HuffmanNeighborhoodParent city: 3.73.7Parent cityhost cityState: 3.83.8Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Huffman

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
02020002821 3 5,037 67% $2,537
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 25

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 19%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 43%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 29%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Huffman

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Huffman

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Huffman?

Huffman scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Huffman compare to Anchorage overall?

Huffman scores 0.7 points lower than Anchorage overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 67% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,537 vs $1,489.
Q3

What is the average rent in Huffman?

Average gross rent in Huffman is $2,537/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Huffman residents are renters?

3% of Huffman households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in Anchorage). The neighborhood has 5,037 residents.
Q5

Is Huffman a high social-vulnerability area?

Huffman sits in the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Huffman for landlords?

Huffman carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Anchorage as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Huffman?

Huffman has 5,045 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.7%), Other / Multiracial (14.6%), Hispanic / Latino (10.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Other neighborhoods inside Anchorage

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Huffman.

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