Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally

Fargo Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 38017040509 · Cass County, ND · pop 5,822 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Fargo

How risky is Fargo in Cass County for landlords? Census tract 38017040509 scores 2.4/10, the Lower tier. That places it near the bottom of the national scale, one of the easier tracts in the country for landlords.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 21% of renter households, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,187 monthly, set against $136,145 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 17% Owners 78%

Tract context

Occupied units1,996

Renter share22.0%

SVI overall0.01

Poverty rate2.9%

Median income$136,145

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fargo and the region

Centroid at 46.7566, -96.8292 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fargo scores 1.7

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

2.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,187 rent vs county FMR

6.7

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 Fargo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

0%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
21%Racial/ethnic minority
7%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

7.0%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
6.9%Food insecurity
4.0%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
4.7%No health insurance
13.4%Frequent mental distress
17.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fargo

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 6.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fargo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cass County average of 3.2 and below the North Dakota statewide average of 3.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 38017040509

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 38017040509?

Census tract 38017040509 in Fargo scores 1.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 38017040509?

Median gross rent is $1,187/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 38017040509?

2.9% of residents in tract 38017040509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,822.

How socially vulnerable is tract 38017040509?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 17th, minority 21th, housing 7th.

What share of households in tract 38017040509 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 38017040509 compare to Fargo overall?

Tract 38017040509 scores 1.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Fargo at 1.8/10. 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.