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Neighborhood · Holyoke, MA

Holyoke Center Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 5,498 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10 · range 8–8

Holyoke Center is a 2-tract suburb of Holyoke, MA, population 5,498. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8/10, High tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Holyoke rate of 30.9%.

Food insecurity affects 47.9% of adults, 30.1 points above the national rate. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. 90% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.

The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The severe-burden share is 23%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the high side is economic stress at 8.8/10. Disability prevalence reaches 50.1% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

Average gross rent is $847, 17% below the Holyoke average of $1,021. The closest comparables inside the same city are Oakdale and The Flats. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
8
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Holyoke Center vs Holyoke How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
45.0% +46%
Holyoke: 30.9%
Average gross rent
$847 -17%
Holyoke: $1,021
Average HH income
$31,038 -40%
Holyoke: $51,892
Poverty rate
35.4% +49%
Holyoke: 23.7%
Renter share
90.3% +54%
Holyoke: 58.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Holyoke Center and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 8–8

Why Holyoke Center scores 8

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 5.9–5.9 across tracts
5.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Rent control risk
45% of income on rent · Range 6.4–6.4 across tracts
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
90% renter households · Range 9.6–9.6 across tracts
9.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.4–7.4 across tracts
7.4
Economic stress
35.4% below poverty line · Range 7.7–9.5 across tracts
8.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Holyoke Center vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Holyoke Center score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.0Holyoke CenterNeighborhood6.6Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Holyoke Center

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
25013811600 8 3,477 41% $871
25013811700 8 2,021 51% $806
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 98

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 87%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 99%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 91%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Holyoke Center

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Holyoke Center

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Holyoke Center?

Holyoke Center scores 8/10 (High tier) across 2 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 Holyoke Center compare to Holyoke overall?

Holyoke Center scores 1.4 points higher than Holyoke overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $847 vs $1,021.
Q3

What is the average rent in Holyoke Center?

Average gross rent in Holyoke eviction risk Center is $847/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Holyoke Center residents are renters?

90% of Holyoke Center households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Holyoke). The neighborhood has 5,498 residents.
Q5

Is Holyoke Center a high social-vulnerability area?

Holyoke Center sits in the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Holyoke Center have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Holyoke Center is census tract 25013811600 (score 8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8 to 8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Holyoke Center for landlords?

Holyoke eviction risk Center carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Holyoke as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Holyoke Center?

Holyoke Center has 5,292 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (84.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.4%), Other / Multiracial (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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