1 census tracts · pop 5,135 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
Dakota Ridge maps to a single census tract in Fort Collins, CO and houses 5,135 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. 16% 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.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 3/10. Court records for this tract carry 12 eviction filings. Against a Fort Collins baseline of 33.7%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The voucher gap is 13.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. At $1,922 a month, rents sit 14% over what the rest of Fort Collins commands.
Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 1.7% of renter households. That places it #13 of 27 neighborhoods in Fort Collins. Judgments average 0.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Linden Park and Quail Hollow score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $102,017. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Dakota Ridge vs Fort CollinsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport22%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Dakota Ridge
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
12Total filings (sum)
1.71%Avg annual filing rate
1.7%Peak year (2010)
1.71%Latest filed (2010)
Frequently asked
About Dakota Ridge
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Dakota Ridge?
Dakota Ridge scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 Dakota Ridge compare to Fort Collins overall?
Dakota Ridge scores 0.1 points lower than Fort Collins overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,922 vs $1,690.
Q3
What is the average rent in Dakota Ridge?
Average gross rent in Dakota Ridge eviction risk is $1,922/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Dakota Ridge residents are renters?
39% of Dakota Ridge households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Fort Collins). The neighborhood has 5,135 residents.
Q5
Is Dakota Ridge a high social-vulnerability area?
Dakota Ridge sits in the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Dakota Ridge for landlords?
Dakota Ridge eviction risk carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). 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 Fort Collins as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Dakota Ridge?
Dakota Ridge has 5,227 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.1%), Hispanic / Latino (15.7%), Other / Multiracial (11.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
