Gateway Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bismarck

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.

At $1,103 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Bismarck commands. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $80,015, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 37% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Burleigh County average of 3.6 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.