Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25013813802 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25013813802 · Hampden County, MA · pop 3,699
Hampden is where census tract 25013813802 sits, home to 3,699 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.1/10. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $786 a month against an average household income of $101,477 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,479
Renter share12.6%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$101,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampden County and the region
Centroid at 42.1282, -72.2054 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25013813802 scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$786 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25013813802 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25013813802
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hampden County average of 6.6 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
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 25013813802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013813802?
Census tract 25013813802 in Hampden County scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 25013813802?
Median gross rent is $786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25013813802?
5.9% of residents in tract 25013813802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,699.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25013813802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 11th, minority 32th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25013813802 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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