Lincoln Eviction Risk: Lower , Fargo

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. At $739 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Fargo commands.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $54,003, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

36% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Cass County average of 3.5 closely.

54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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