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Hamilton Acres Eviction Risk: Lower , Fairbanks

Tract 02090000400 · Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · pop 3,951 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is Hamilton Acres in Fairbanks for landlords? Census tract 02090000400 scores 3.2/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 3% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,248 monthly, set against $88,143 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 16% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,716
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$88,143

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hamilton Acres
Moderate
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Fairbanks
Moderate
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 22 tracts In Fairbanks North Star Borough
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 177 tracts In Alaska
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairbanks and the region

Centroid at 64.8460, -147.6832 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamilton Acres scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fairbanks
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Alaska legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,248 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairbanks
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairbanks
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairbanks
3.0

How Hamilton Acres compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hamilton Acres risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 000400Fairbanks: 3.43.4Fairbanksparent cityCounty: 2.72.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.13.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

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 Hamilton Acres

The score leans hardest on housing court bias at $1/10. 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 Fairbanks eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Fairbanks North Star County average of 3.5 and below the Alaska statewide average of 3.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 02090000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 02090000400?

Census tract 02090000400 in the Hamilton Acres neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 02090000400?

Median gross rent is $1,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 02090000400?

11.5% of residents in tract 02090000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,951.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 02090000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 76th, minority 57th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 02090000400 considered part of Hamilton Acres?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 02090000400 fall within Hamilton Acres (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 02090000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 02090000400 compare to Fairbanks overall?

Tract 02090000400 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Fairbanks at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairbanks eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fairbanks

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

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