Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25015822401 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 5,972 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 25015822401 sits in the Main Street Historic District area of Hampshire, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,134 a month against an average household income of $96,182 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,552
Renter share12.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$96,182
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampshire County and the region
Centroid at 42.2600, -72.6938 · click any tract to drill in
Why Main Street Historic District scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Main Street Historic District 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.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 102Total filings over 12 yrs
- 4.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2009)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 1,000% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Main Street Historic District. 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Main Street Historic District
The heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Hampshire County average of 4.9 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.9% of renter households in 2009.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25015822401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015822401?
Census tract 25015822401 in the Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 25015822401?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015822401?
6.4% of residents in tract 25015822401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,972.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015822401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 51th, minority 21th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 25015822401 considered part of Main Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015822401 fall within Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015822401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015822401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.83% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25015822401 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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