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Totem Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Fairbanks

Tract 02090000600 · Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · pop 3,544 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Here is how census tract 02090000600, in the Totem Park area of Fairbanks eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 2.9/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 3,544. It lands near the 2nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,169 monthly, set against $72,614 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 19% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,621
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$72,614

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Totem Park
Moderate
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Fairbanks
Moderate
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#5 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 64.8537, -147.7788 · click any tract to drill in

Why Totem Park 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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Totem Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Totem Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 000600Fairbanks: 3.43.4Fairbanksparent cityCounty: 2.72.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.13.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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 Totem Park

The heaviest input here is 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 below 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 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 59th 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 02090000600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 02090000600?

Census tract 02090000600 in the Totem Park 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 02090000600?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 02090000600?

6.5% of residents in tract 02090000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,544.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 02090000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 25th, minority 62th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 02090000600 considered part of Totem Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 02090000600 fall within Totem Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 02090000600 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 02090000600 compare to Fairbanks overall?

Tract 02090000600 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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