Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
West Fargo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 38017040800 · Cass County, ND · pop 5,201 · 11% of tract blocks fall in West Fargo
With a score of 3/10, tract 38017040800 in West Fargo, ND reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,201. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,818
Renter share6.4%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$138,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Fargo and the region
Centroid at 46.9315, -96.9687 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Fargo scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Fargo
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
North Dakota legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,779 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Fargo
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Fargo
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Fargo
3.8
How West Fargo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Fargo
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 10/10. At $1,779 a month, rents run 60% over what the rest of West Fargo commands. The voucher gap is 75.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Housing insecurity runs 6.3% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 6% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.2/10.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $138,676, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 38017040800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 38017040800?
Census tract 38017040800 in West Fargo scores 3/10 (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 38017040800?
Median gross rent is $1,779/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 38017040800?
2.4% of residents in tract 38017040800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,201.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 38017040800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 6th, minority 19th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 38017040800 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 38017040800 compare to West Fargo overall?
Tract 38017040800 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of West Fargo at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West 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 West Fargo
Top eight tracts in West Fargo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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