Summer Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
3 census tracts · pop 8,149 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 6.4–7.8
Summer Street Historic District is a 3-tract neighborhood of Adams, MA and houses 8,149 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 54% against 34.2% citywide, putting Summer Street Historic District 20.0% over its own city.
The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.2/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.4 to 7.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Filings are well documented here: 549 across 3 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 11.5% of renter households. 5.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The most recent observed rate, 2.3% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Average gross rent runs $977, close to the Adams average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $55,650.
38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.4 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Summer Street Historic District vs AdamsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority8%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Summer Street Historic District
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
549Total filings (sum)
4.28%Avg annual filing rate
11.5%Peak year (2015)
2.32%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Summer Street Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.5%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility shutoff threat
14.0%Food insecurity
18.4%SNAP enrollment
5.2%No health insurance
33.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Summer Street Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Summer Street Historic District?
Summer Street Historic District scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Summer Street Historic District compare to Adams overall?
Summer Street Historic District scores 0.8 points higher than Adams overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $977 vs $927.
Q3
What is the average rent in Summer Street Historic District?
Average gross rent in Summer Street Historic District is $977/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Summer Street Historic District residents are renters?
38% of Summer Street Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Adams). The neighborhood has 8,149 residents.
Q5
Is Summer Street Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Summer Street Historic District sits in the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Summer Street Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Summer Street Historic District is census tract 25003922100 (score 7.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.4 to 7.8, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Summer Street Historic District for landlords?
Summer Street Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Adams as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Summer Street Historic District?
Summer Street Historic District has 8,106 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (94.4%), Hispanic / Latino (2.5%), Other / Multiracial (1.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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