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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25015822402 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 4,903 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.4/10, tract 25015822402 in the Main Street Historic District area of Hampshire County, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.6/10.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 35% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units2,661
Renter share66.1%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$58,376

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Main Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In city
Very High
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 35 tracts In Hampshire County
Elevated
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#725 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hampshire County and the region

Centroid at 42.2761, -72.6696 · click any tract to drill in

Why Main Street Historic District scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,191 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Main Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Main Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.4This tracttract 8224025.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 404Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak (2009)
  • 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25015822402
Filings dropped 17% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Main Street Historic District

66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.

Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 404 evictions over 12 years of observation.

Against the Hampshire County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Running cool, supply constraint reads 3/10.

Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.

Average gross rent runs $1,191 a month. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $58,376.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25015822402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015822402?

Census tract 25015822402 in the Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 25015822402?

Median gross rent is $1,191/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25015822402?

13.2% of residents in tract 25015822402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25015822402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 65th, minority 35th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 25015822402 considered part of Main Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015822402 fall within Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015822402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 404 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015822402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25015822402 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.6% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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