Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Melrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , Quincy

Tract 17001001001 · Adams County, IL · pop 3,217 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17001001001 (Melrose in Quincy, Illinois) comes in at 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 32% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $829 a month against an average household income of $62,375 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 15% Owners 79%

Tract context

Occupied units1,364

Renter share21.0%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate11.0%

Median income$62,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Quincy and the region

Centroid at 39.9210, -91.3851 · click any tract to drill in

Why Melrose scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Quincy

3.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.7

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

11.0% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$829 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Quincy

4.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Quincy

7.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Quincy

5.8

How Melrose compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

25%Socioeconomic
28%Household composition
5%Racial/ethnic minority
8%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Melrose. 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.

11.5%Housing insecurity
7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
13.7%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Melrose

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Quincy 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 Adams County average of 5.0 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17001001001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17001001001?

Census tract 17001001001 in the Melrose neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 17001001001?

Median gross rent is $829/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17001001001?

11.0% of residents in tract 17001001001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,217.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17001001001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 28th, minority 5th, housing 8th.

Is tract 17001001001 considered part of Melrose?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17001001001 fall within Melrose (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17001001001 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17001001001 compare to Quincy overall?

Tract 17001001001 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Quincy at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Quincy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Quincy

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