Tract 38017000300 ·
Cass County, ND · pop 5,518 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 38017000300 covers part of the Riverwood 2nd Addition area of Fargo, ND, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,518. Against Cass County at 36.2%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%Stable renters 26%Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units745
Renter share55.2%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$80,474
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Riverwood 2nd Addition
Moderate
Within parent city
83th percentile
#6 of 30 tracts In Fargo
High
Within county
84th percentile
#8 of 44 tracts In Cass County
High
Within state
97th percentile
#9 of 228 tracts In North Dakota
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fargo and the region
Centroid at 46.9307, -96.8236 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverwood 2nd Addition scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fargo
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
North Dakota legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$729 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fargo
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fargo
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fargo
1.5
How Riverwood 2nd Addition compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
56%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
34%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation
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.
9.8%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
14.3%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
10.3%Transit barriers
7.5%No health insurance
19.4%Frequent mental distress
25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverwood 2nd Addition
Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $729 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Fargo commands. It sits 1.1 points above the Cass County average of 3.5.
SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $80,474, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the ND average is 3.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 38017000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 38017000300?
Census tract 38017000300 in the Riverwood 2nd Addition neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 38017000300?
Median gross rent is $729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 38017000300?
25.8% of residents in tract 38017000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,518.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 38017000300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 1th, minority 34th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 38017000300 considered part of Riverwood 2nd Addition?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 38017000300 fall within Riverwood 2nd Addition (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 38017000300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 38017000300 compare to Fargo overall?
Tract 38017000300 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fargo at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fargo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fargo
Top eight tracts in Fargo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.