Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 35009000601 · Curry County, NM · pop 876 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Melrose
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 35009000601 in Melrose, NM reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units433
Renter share14.5%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$52,054
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melrose and the region
Centroid at 34.4981, -103.5818 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Melrose
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
New Mexico legislature & governorship
3.9
Economic stress
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$716 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melrose
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melrose
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melrose
8.7
How Melrose compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose
The dominant input is housing-court posture at 8.7/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. At $716 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Melrose commands.
That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10.
Against average income of $52,054, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.
It tracks the Curry County average of 4.4 closely.
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 35009000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 35009000601?
Census tract 35009000601 in Melrose scores 4.3/10 (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 35009000601?
Median gross rent is $716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 35009000601?
21.0% of residents in tract 35009000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 876.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 35009000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 81th, minority 32th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 35009000601 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 35009000601 compare to Melrose overall?
Tract 35009000601 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Melrose at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melrose; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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