Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Totem Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fairbanks
Tract 02090000600 ·
Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · pop 3,544 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
02090000600 is a census tract in the Totem Park area of Fairbanks, AK. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,544 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%Stable renters 19%Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,621
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$72,614
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Totem Park
Moderate
Within parent city
43th percentile
#5 of 8 tracts In Fairbanks
Moderate
Within county
76th percentile
#6 of 22 tracts In Fairbanks North Star Borough
High
Within state
74th percentile
#47 of 177 tracts In Alaska
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairbanks and the region
Centroid at 64.8537, -147.7788 · click any tract to drill in
Why Totem Park scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fairbanks
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Alaska legislature & governorship
2.2
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairbanks
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairbanks
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairbanks
3.0
How Totem Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
53%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
79%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.
11.0%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.6%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Totem Park
Cost burden runs 26% here against 38.7% across Fairbanks North Star Borough. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,169, 22% below the Fairbanks average. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.6 points above the Fairbanks North Star Borough average of 3.8. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $72,614. 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 02090000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 02090000600?
Census tract 02090000600 in the Totem Park neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 02090000600?
Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 02090000600?
6.5% of residents in tract 02090000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,544.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 02090000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 25th, minority 62th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 02090000600 considered part of Totem Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 02090000600 fall within Totem Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 02090000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 02090000600 compare to Fairbanks overall?
Tract 02090000600 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Fairbanks at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairbanks eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fairbanks
Top eight tracts in Fairbanks ranked by composite eviction-risk score.