Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally

Haverhill Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25009260700 · Essex County, MA · pop 5,405

25009260700 is a census tract in Haverhill, MA. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,405 residents. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 18% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,849

Renter share44.1%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate14.3%

Median income$72,981

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Haverhill and the region

Centroid at 42.7861, -71.1013 · click any tract to drill in

Why Haverhill scores 7.5

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

14.3% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,650 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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: 73

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

72%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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
78%Grade C
9%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.

17.0%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
24.6%SNAP enrollment
11.5%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
33.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Haverhill

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Essex County average of 6.0.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Against Essex County at 50.7%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.6/10. SNAP participation runs 24.6% 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.

Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,650, close to the Haverhill average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $72,981. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25009260700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009260700?

Census tract 25009260700 in Haverhill scores 7.5/10 (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 25009260700?

Median gross rent is $1,650/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009260700?

14.3% of residents in tract 25009260700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,405.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009260700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 79th, minority 51th, housing 61th.

What share of households in tract 25009260700 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.0% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009260700 compare to Haverhill overall?

Tract 25009260700 scores 7.5/10, 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 25009260700 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. 9% 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.