Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Haverhill Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25009260600 · Essex County, MA · pop 4,021

25009260600 is a census tract in Haverhill, MA. It scores 7.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,021 residents. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

7.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 25% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,457

Renter share48.8%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate14.2%

Median income$83,477

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Haverhill and the region

Centroid at 42.7929, -71.0914 · click any tract to drill in

Why Haverhill scores 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Haverhill

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

14.2% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,748 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Haverhill

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Haverhill

7.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Haverhill

6.6

How Haverhill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

62%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
21%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
44%Grade C
12%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

17.5%Housing insecurity
11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
22.2%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
30.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Haverhill

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Against the Essex County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.6/10. SNAP participation runs 22.2% against 15.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Haverhill. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,748, close to the Haverhill average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25009260600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009260600?

Census tract 25009260600 in Haverhill scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25009260600?

Median gross rent is $1,748/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009260600?

14.2% of residents in tract 25009260600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,021.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009260600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 54th, minority 68th, housing 21th.

What share of households in tract 25009260600 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009260600 compare to Haverhill overall?

Tract 25009260600 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Haverhill at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Haverhill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25009260600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Haverhill

Top eight tracts in Haverhill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.