Mill Village Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
1 census tracts · pop 4,744 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.5–5.5
Mill Village Historic District maps to a single census tract in Williamstown, MA and houses 4,744 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.5/10, Moderate tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 128 evictions logged in this tract.
At $1,202 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Williamstown commands. around a third of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, marginally above the Williamstown rate of 31.1%.
3.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 9.8% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2016, is well off that peak. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Mill Village Historic District vs WilliamstownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority29%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mill Village Historic District
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
128Total filings (sum)
3.79%Avg annual filing rate
9.8%Peak year (2009)
1.25%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mill Village Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
3.6%No health insurance
25.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mill Village Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mill Village Historic District?
Mill Village Historic District scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Mill Village Historic District compare to Williamstown overall?
Mill Village Historic District scores 0.6 points lower than Williamstown overall (6.1/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,202 vs $1,424.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mill Village Historic District?
Average gross rent in Mill Village Historic District is $1,202/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mill Village Historic District residents are renters?
31% of Mill Village Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Williamstown). The neighborhood has 4,744 residents.
Q5
Is Mill Village Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Mill Village Historic District sits in the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Mill Village Historic District for landlords?
Mill Village Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Williamstown as a whole (6.1/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Mill Village Historic District?
Mill Village Historic District has 4,627 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.6%), Other / Multiracial (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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