Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Melba Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 16027022301 · Canyon County, ID · pop 3,199 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Melba
Census tract 16027022301 sits in Melba, Idaho eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #72,155 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,066 a month against an average household income of $88,553 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units990
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$88,553
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melba and the region
Centroid at 43.4225, -116.6231 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melba scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Melba
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Idaho legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,066 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melba
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melba
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melba
8.0
How Melba compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 28%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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melba
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Melba, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Canyon County average of 3.8 and in line with the Idaho statewide average of 4.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 16027022301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 16027022301?
Census tract 16027022301 in Melba scores 3.3/10 (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 16027022301?
Median gross rent is $1,066/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 16027022301?
6.5% of residents in tract 16027022301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,199.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 16027022301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 31th, minority 28th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 16027022301 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 16027022301 compare to Melba overall?
Tract 16027022301 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Melba at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melba; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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