South High Eviction Risk: Lower , Fargo

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cass County average of 36.2%. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Housing insecurity runs 6.7% against 14.2% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $66,250, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Cass County average of 3.5 closely. Average gross rent is $991, close to the Fargo average.

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.