Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Palmer Town Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25013810200 · Hampden County, MA · pop 2,613

25013810200 is a census tract in Palmer Town, MA. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,613 residents. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 11% Owners 67%

Tract context

Occupied units1,210

Renter share33.3%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate12.0%

Median income$68,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Palmer Town and the region

Centroid at 42.1943, -72.3289 · click any tract to drill in

Why Palmer Town scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Palmer Town

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

12.0% poverty · this tract

3.0

Supply constraint

$1,318 rent vs county FMR

3.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Palmer Town

5.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Palmer Town

5.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Palmer Town

5.2

How Palmer Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

49%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
12%Racial/ethnic minority
25%Housing & transportation

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.

11.8%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
13.4%Food insecurity
17.5%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
33.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Palmer Town

Against Hampden County at 46.5%, 67% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

Against the Hampden County average of 5.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Average gross rent is $1,318, 23% above the Palmer Town average. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3/10.

That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $68,571. 33% 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 25013810200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013810200?

Census tract 25013810200 in Palmer Town scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 25013810200?

Median gross rent is $1,318/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25013810200?

12.0% of residents in tract 25013810200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,613.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25013810200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 21th, minority 12th, housing 25th.

What share of households in tract 25013810200 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25013810200 compare to Palmer Town overall?

Tract 25013810200 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Palmer Town at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palmer Town; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Palmer Town

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