Spenard Eviction Risk: Moderate , Anchorage

This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.2/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $1,161, 22% below the Anchorage average. Against the Anchorage Municipality average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AK average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.