3 census tracts · pop 12,025 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10
· range 3–5.6
Fields at Chestnut is a 3-tract neighborhood of Longmeadow, MA and houses 12,025 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.6/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.1/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.6, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Average gross rent is $1,247, 26% below the Longmeadow average of $1,682.
30% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, below the Longmeadow rate of 36.1%. The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
4.0% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Food insecurity affects 9.6% of adults, 8.2 points below the national rate.
Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Rent takes 12% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.6 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Fields at Chestnut vs LongmeadowHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority30%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport36%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fields at Chestnut
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.2%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
8.7%Food insecurity
10.0%SNAP enrollment
3.6%No health insurance
28.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fields at Chestnut
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fields at Chestnut?
Fields at Chestnut scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Fields at Chestnut compare to Longmeadow overall?
Fields at Chestnut scores 0.7 points lower than Longmeadow overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,247 vs $1,682.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fields at Chestnut?
Average gross rent in Fields at Chestnut is $1,247/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fields at Chestnut residents are renters?
12% of Fields at Chestnut households are renter-occupied (vs 10% in Longmeadow). The neighborhood has 12,025 residents.
Q5
Is Fields at Chestnut a high social-vulnerability area?
Fields at Chestnut sits in the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Fields at Chestnut have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fields at Chestnut is census tract 25013802602 (score 5.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.6, a spread of 2.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Fields at Chestnut for landlords?
Fields at Chestnut carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Longmeadow as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fields at Chestnut?
Fields at Chestnut has 12,119 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.5%), Hispanic / Latino (6.1%), Other / Multiracial (5.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
