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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Grand Forks Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 38035010700 · Grand Forks County, ND · pop 2,299 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 38035010700 covers part of the Downtown Grand Forks area of Grand Forks, ND, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,299 residents. 18% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Grand Forks County average of 39.2%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 38% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units962
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$66,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Downtown Grand Forks
Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 17 tracts In Grand Forks
Very Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 22 tracts In Grand Forks County
Very Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#146 of 228 tracts In North Dakota
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Forks and the region

Centroid at 47.9112, -97.0503 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Grand Forks scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Grand Forks
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
North Dakota legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$806 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Forks
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Forks
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Forks
1.5

How Downtown Grand Forks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Grand Forks risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0107003.2Grand Forksparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Grand Forks. 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 Downtown Grand Forks

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.2/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $806 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Grand Forks commands.

SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Grand Forks County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $66,000, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 38035010700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 38035010700?

Census tract 38035010700 in the Downtown Grand Forks neighborhood scores 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 38035010700?

Median gross rent is $806/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 38035010700?

9.2% of residents in tract 38035010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,299.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 38035010700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 27th, minority 36th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 38035010700 considered part of Downtown Grand Forks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 38035010700 fall within Downtown Grand Forks (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 38035010700 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 38035010700 compare to Grand Forks overall?

Tract 38035010700 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Grand Forks at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Forks eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Grand Forks

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

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