Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Meridian Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 16001010348 · Ada County, ID · pop 3,567 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Meridian

16001010348 is a census tract in Meridian, ID. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 59% here against 42.7% across Ada County.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 16% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units1,496

Renter share38.1%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate20.9%

Median income$67,087

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Meridian and the region

Centroid at 43.6007, -116.4086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meridian scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Meridian

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Idaho legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

20.9% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,585 rent vs county FMR

3.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Meridian

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Meridian

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Meridian

2.0

How Meridian compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

63%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
40%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
12.8%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
38.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meridian

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 27%, 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. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.1 points above the Ada County average of 3.5. Average gross rent is $1,585, 12% below the Meridian average.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the ID average is 3.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $67,087.

38% 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 16001010348

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 16001010348?

Census tract 16001010348 in Meridian scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 16001010348?

Median gross rent is $1,585/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 16001010348?

20.9% of residents in tract 16001010348 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,567.

How socially vulnerable is tract 16001010348?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 19th, minority 32th, housing 40th.

What share of households in tract 16001010348 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 16001010348 compare to Meridian overall?

Tract 16001010348 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Meridian at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Meridian eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Meridian

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