Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Spenard Eviction Risk: Lower , Anchorage
Tract 02020001401 ·
Anchorage Municipality, AK · pop 2,748 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 02020001401 covers part of the Spenard area of Anchorage, AK, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,748. Against Anchorage Municipality at 44.0%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%Stable renters 53%Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,441
Renter share70.6%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$79,050
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33th percentile
#5 of 7 tracts In Spenard
Low
Within parent city
50th percentile
#31 of 61 tracts In Anchorage
Moderate
Within county
48th percentile
#32 of 61 tracts In Anchorage Municipality
Moderate
Within state
48th percentile
#93 of 177 tracts In Alaska
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Anchorage and the region
Centroid at 61.1973, -149.8949 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spenard scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Anchorage
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Alaska legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Anchorage
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Anchorage
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Anchorage
3.5
How Spenard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.4%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spenard
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Average gross rent is $1,087, 27% below the Anchorage average.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $79,050, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 02020001401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 02020001401?
Census tract 02020001401 in the Spenard neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 02020001401?
Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 02020001401?
3.7% of residents in tract 02020001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,748.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 02020001401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 10th, minority 63th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 02020001401 considered part of Spenard?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 02020001401 fall within Spenard (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 02020001401 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 02020001401 compare to Anchorage overall?
Tract 02020001401 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Anchorage at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Anchorage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Anchorage
Top eight tracts in Anchorage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.