Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally

Chena Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 02090000900 · Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · pop 5,437 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Chena Ridge

Tract 02090000900, home to 5,437 residents in Chena Ridge, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #82,268 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,143 monthly, set against $139,479 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 19% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units2,331

Renter share28.1%

SVI overall0.22

Poverty rate3.9%

Median income$139,479

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chena Ridge and the region

Centroid at 64.7909, -147.9946 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chena Ridge scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Chena Ridge

1.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

Alaska legislature & governorship

2.2

Economic stress

3.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,143 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Chena Ridge

2.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Chena Ridge

5.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Chena Ridge

2.7

How Chena Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

28%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
28%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.

7.6%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
4.9%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
14.0%Frequent mental distress
24.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chena Ridge

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chena Ridge eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Fairbanks North Star County average of 3.5 and below the Alaska statewide average of 3.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd 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 02090000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 02090000900?

Census tract 02090000900 in Chena Ridge scores 1.2/10 (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 02090000900?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 02090000900?

3.9% of residents in tract 02090000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,437.

How socially vulnerable is tract 02090000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 15th, minority 49th, housing 28th.

What share of households in tract 02090000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 02090000900 compare to Chena Ridge overall?

Tract 02090000900 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Chena Ridge at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chena Ridge eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.