Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Chicopee Falls Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25013810601 · Hampden County, MA · pop 4,075 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.7/10, tract 25013810601 in the Chicopee Falls area of Chicopee, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,075 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

Risk score

6.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 22% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units2,033

Renter share42.9%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate16.6%

Median income$67,847

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicopee and the region

Centroid at 42.1652, -72.5821 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chicopee Falls scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Chicopee

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

16.6% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$1,226 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Chicopee

6.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Chicopee

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Chicopee

6.7

How Chicopee Falls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

58%Socioeconomic
85%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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
45%Grade C
0%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

Within Chicopee Falls. 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.

15.2%Housing insecurity
10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
19.3%Food insecurity
24.5%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
39.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chicopee Falls

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 24.5% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Hampden County average of 5.8. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. roughly one in two of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,226, close to the Chicopee average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $67,847. 43% 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 25013810601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013810601?

Census tract 25013810601 in the Chicopee Falls neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 25013810601?

Median gross rent is $1,226/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25013810601?

16.6% of residents in tract 25013810601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,075.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25013810601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 85th, minority 40th, housing 47th.

Is tract 25013810601 considered part of Chicopee Falls?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013810601 fall within Chicopee Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25013810601 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25013810601 compare to Chicopee overall?

Tract 25013810601 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Chicopee at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicopee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25013810601 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. 0% 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 Chicopee

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