1 census tracts · pop 11,895 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10
· range 6.4–6.4
Amherst Center is a one-tract suburb of Amherst Town, MA and houses 11,895 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.4/10, in the Elevated tier. At $2,667 a month, rents sit 60% over what the rest of Amherst Town commands.
What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 78.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
29% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly below the Amherst Town rate of 41.1%. The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract.
4.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 0.8% of renter households.
That places it #3 of 5 neighborhoods in Amherst Town. Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
One tract means one number: 6.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Amherst Center vs Amherst TownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport34%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Amherst Center
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1Total filings (sum)
0.78%Avg annual filing rate
0.8%Peak year (2005)
0.78%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Amherst Center
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
8.5%SNAP enrollment
4.1%No health insurance
22.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Amherst Center
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Amherst Center?
Amherst Center scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Amherst Center compare to Amherst Town overall?
Amherst Center scores 0.3 points higher than Amherst Town overall (6.1/10). Renters spend 29% of income on rent vs 41% citywide. Average rent: $2,667 vs $1,671.
Q3
What is the average rent in Amherst Center?
Average gross rent in Amherst Center is $2,667/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Amherst Center residents are renters?
100% of Amherst Center households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Amherst Town). The neighborhood has 11,895 residents.
Q5
Is Amherst Center a high social-vulnerability area?
Amherst Center sits in the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Amherst Center for landlords?
Amherst Center carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Amherst Town as a whole (6.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Amherst Center?
Amherst Center has 12,355 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (22.4%), Hispanic / Latino (7.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
