Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally

North Pole Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 02090001600 · Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · pop 5,362 · 51% of tract blocks fall in North Pole

North Pole is where census tract 02090001600 sits, home to 5,362 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #80,753 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

25% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,192 monthly, set against $88,506 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.3

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 20% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units2,108

Renter share26.3%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate6.0%

Median income$88,506

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across North Pole and the region

Centroid at 64.7585, -147.3628 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Pole scores 2.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from North Pole

2.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

Alaska legislature & governorship

2.2

Economic stress

6.0% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,192 rent vs county FMR

2.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from North Pole

3.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from North Pole

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from North Pole

3.8

How North Pole compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

28%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
59%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.

10.7%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
11.2%Food insecurity
7.7%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
9.7%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
27.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Pole

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 North Pole eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 02090001600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 02090001600?

Census tract 02090001600 in North Pole scores 2.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 02090001600?

Median gross rent is $1,192/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 02090001600?

6.0% of residents in tract 02090001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,362.

How socially vulnerable is tract 02090001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 12th, minority 54th, housing 59th.

What share of households in tract 02090001600 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 02090001600 compare to North Pole overall?

Tract 02090001600 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of North Pole at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Pole eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.