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Madison/Unicorn Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fargo

Tract 38017000601 · Cass County, ND · pop 2,672 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

The Madison/Unicorn Park neighborhood of Fargo is where census tract 38017000601 sits, home to 2,672 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.3/10. That is riskier than about 4% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $931 a month while the average household earns $54,191 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 30% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,183
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$54,191

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Madison/Unicorn Park
Very Low
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 30 tracts In Fargo
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 44 tracts In Cass County
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 228 tracts In North Dakota
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fargo and the region

Centroid at 46.8779, -96.8289 · click any tract to drill in

Why Madison/Unicorn Park scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fargo
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
North Dakota legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$931 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fargo
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fargo
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fargo
1.5

How Madison/Unicorn Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Madison/Unicorn Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 000601Fargo: 1.81.8Fargoparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.13.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Madison/Unicorn Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Madison/Unicorn Park

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 4.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fargo 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 Cass County average of 3.2 and in line with the North Dakota statewide average of 3.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 38017000601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 38017000601?

Census tract 38017000601 in the Madison/Unicorn Park neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 38017000601?

Median gross rent is $931/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 38017000601?

18.9% of residents in tract 38017000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,672.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 38017000601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 64th, minority 30th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 38017000601 considered part of Madison/Unicorn Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 38017000601 fall within Madison/Unicorn Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 38017000601 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 38017000601 compare to Fargo overall?

Tract 38017000601 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fargo at 1.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fargo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fargo

Top eight tracts in Fargo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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