Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Palmer Town Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25013810200 · Hampden County, MA · pop 2,613
In Palmer Town in Hampden County, census tract 25013810200 scores 6.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,318 a month against an average household income of $68,571 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
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.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
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 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Palmer Town, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hampden County average of 6.6 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25013810200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013810200?
Census tract 25013810200 in Palmer Town scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
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.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
How does tract 25013810200 compare to Palmer Town overall?
Tract 25013810200 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Palmer Town at 5.8/10. 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.
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