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Neighborhood · Kalispell, MT

Northridge Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 2,374 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10 · range 3.2–3.2

Northridge Heights maps to a single census tract in Kalispell, MT and houses 2,374 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.2/10, Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 41%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

At $2,286 a month, rents sit 112% over what the rest of Kalispell commands. The voucher gap is 39.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side is supply constraint at 8.9/10.

Against a Kalispell baseline of 31.2%, 41% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.3/10. That places it #6 of 7 neighborhoods in Kalispell.

Only 23% 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. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.2/10 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
3.2
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Northridge Heights vs Kalispell How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
40.6% +30%
Kalispell: 31.2%
Average gross rent
$2,286 +112%
Kalispell: $1,078
Average HH income
$77,019 +25%
Kalispell: $61,590
Poverty rate
1.0% -90%
Kalispell: 10.3%
Renter share
22.6% -50%
Kalispell: 44.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Northridge Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.2–3.2

Why Northridge Heights scores 3.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.7–1.7 across tracts
1.7
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.2–4.2 across tracts
4.2
Rent control risk
41% of income on rent · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.3–1.3 across tracts
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
23% renter households · Range 8.1–8.1 across tracts
8.1
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.4–6.4 across tracts
6.4
Economic stress
1.0% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 8.9–8.9 across tracts
8.9
Risk score comparison

Northridge Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Northridge Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.2Northridge HeightsNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Northridge Heights

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
30029000902 3.2 2,374 41% $2,286
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 19

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

Socioeconomic status 27%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 57%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 33%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 8%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Northridge Heights

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

Frequently asked

About Northridge Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Northridge Heights?

Northridge Heights scores 3.2/10 (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 Northridge Heights compare to Kalispell overall?

Northridge Heights scores 0.8 points lower than Kalispell overall (4/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,286 vs $1,078.
Q3

What is the average rent in Northridge Heights?

Average gross rent in Northridge Heights is $2,286/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Northridge Heights residents are renters?

23% of Northridge Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Kalispell). The neighborhood has 2,374 residents.
Q5

Is Northridge Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Northridge Heights sits in the 19th 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 Northridge Heights for landlords?

Northridge Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.2/10). 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 Kalispell as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Northridge Heights?

Northridge Heights has 2,395 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.8%), Other / Multiracial (11.2%), Hispanic / Latino (11%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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