Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Westfield
Tract 25013812901 · Hampden County, MA · pop 2,934 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 25013812901, home to 2,934 residents in Highlands in Westfield, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #21,107 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,111 a month while the average household earns $84,250 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,345
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$84,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westfield and the region
Centroid at 42.1174, -72.7754 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlands scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westfield
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westfield
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westfield
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westfield
5.8
How Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highlands. 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 3.5%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlands
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Westfield eviction risk, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% 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 25013812901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013812901?
Census tract 25013812901 in the Highlands neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 25013812901?
Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25013812901?
6.0% of residents in tract 25013812901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,934.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25013812901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 36th, minority 15th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 25013812901 considered part of Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013812901 fall within Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25013812901 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25013812901 compare to Westfield overall?
Tract 25013812901 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Westfield at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westfield
Top eight tracts in Westfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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