Palmer Town Eviction Risk: Lower

It sits 2.1 points below the Hampden County average of 5.8. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

At $854 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Palmer Town commands. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $80,000, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.

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