1 census tracts · pop 5,896 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.5/10
· range 7.5–7.5
North Amherst is a one-tract suburb of Amherst Town, MA, population 5,896. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.5/10, in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 43%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 62% against 41.1% citywide, putting North Amherst 20.4% over its own city. The poverty rate is 31%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 7.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 251 evictions logged in this tract.
The worst year on record was 2008, when filings touched 1.6% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 1.5% in 2016 against a 1.6% peak. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Amherst Town, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
Average gross rent runs $1,642, close to the Amherst Town average. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
North Amherst vs Amherst TownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority46%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in North Amherst
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
251Total filings (sum)
1.23%Avg annual filing rate
1.6%Peak year (2008)
1.52%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in North Amherst
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.7%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility shutoff threat
16.8%Food insecurity
19.3%SNAP enrollment
5.7%No health insurance
27.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About North Amherst
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for North Amherst?
North Amherst scores 7.5/10 (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 North Amherst compare to Amherst Town overall?
North Amherst scores 1.4 points higher than Amherst Town overall (6.1/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 41% citywide. Average rent: $1,642 vs $1,671.
Q3
What is the average rent in North Amherst?
Average gross rent in North Amherst is $1,642/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of North Amherst residents are renters?
63% of North Amherst households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Amherst Town). The neighborhood has 5,896 residents.
Q5
Is North Amherst a high social-vulnerability area?
North Amherst sits in the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is North Amherst for landlords?
North Amherst carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.5/10). 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 North Amherst?
North Amherst has 6,406 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (72.4%), Other / Multiracial (11.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
