Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , Quincy
Tract 17001001001 · Adams County, IL · pop 3,217 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 17001001001 in the Melrose area of Quincy, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,217. 15% 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
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.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
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-friendlyLocal 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
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.4/10. Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 2.7/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.7/10. Against Adams County at 34.9%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $62,375, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Adams County average of 4.3 closely. Average gross rent is $829, close to the Quincy average.
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 17001001001
Q1
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.
Q2
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.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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).
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 17001001001 compare to Quincy overall?
Tract 17001001001 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Quincy at 4.4/10. 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.
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