Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Meridian Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 16001010370 · Ada County, ID · pop 2,861 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Meridian

Census tract 16001010370 covers part of Meridian, ID, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,861. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 19% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,195

Renter share44.4%

SVI overall0.40

Poverty rate10.0%

Median income$76,329

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Meridian and the region

Centroid at 43.6099, -116.3457 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meridian scores 3.8

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

10.0% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,541 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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: 40

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

25%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
92%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.

7.4%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
37.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meridian

57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Ada County average of 42.7%. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,541, 15% below the Meridian average. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Ada County average of 3.5 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $76,329. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 16001010370

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 16001010370?

Census tract 16001010370 in Meridian scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 16001010370?

Median gross rent is $1,541/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 16001010370?

10.0% of residents in tract 16001010370 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,861.

How socially vulnerable is tract 16001010370?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 8th, minority 40th, housing 92th.

What share of households in tract 16001010370 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 16001010370 compare to Meridian overall?

Tract 16001010370 scores 3.8/10, 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.