Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally

Meridian Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 16001010337 · Ada County, ID · pop 4,597 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Meridian

How risky is Meridian in Ada County for landlords? Census tract 16001010337 scores 3.9/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,709 monthly, set against $140,256 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.1

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 10% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,924

Renter share23.8%

SVI overall0.13

Poverty rate1.5%

Median income$140,256

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Meridian and the region

Centroid at 43.5688, -116.4072 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meridian scores 1.1

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

1.5% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,709 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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: 13

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

21%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
11%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.

7.8%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
27.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meridian

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Meridian eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Ada County average of 3.9 and in line with the Idaho statewide average of 4.0. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 16001010337

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 16001010337?

Census tract 16001010337 in Meridian scores 1.1/10 (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 16001010337?

Median gross rent is $1,709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 16001010337?

1.5% of residents in tract 16001010337 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,597.

How socially vulnerable is tract 16001010337?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 35th, minority 19th, housing 11th.

What share of households in tract 16001010337 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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 16001010337 compare to Meridian overall?

Tract 16001010337 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Meridian at 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.