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Neighborhood · Williamstown, MA

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 Williamstown How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
34.9% +12%
Williamstown: 31.1%
Average gross rent
$1,202 -16%
Williamstown: $1,424
Average HH income
$92,969 +12%
Williamstown: $82,917
Poverty rate
8.7% -45%
Williamstown: 15.9%
Renter share
31.2% -19%
Williamstown: 38.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mill Village Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.5–5.5

Why Mill Village Historic District scores 5.5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.4–7.4 across tracts
7.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Rent control risk
35% of income on rent · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
31% renter households · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
8.7% below poverty line · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Risk score comparison

Mill Village Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Mill Village Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.5Mill Village HistoNeighborhood6.1Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Mill Village Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
25003920101 5.5 4,744 35% $1,202
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 21

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 8%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 13%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 29%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 72%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.

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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