Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25015821000 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25015821000 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 4,124
Here is how census tract 25015821000, in Hampshire, looks to a landlord: a 4.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,124. It lands near the 14th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,347 a month against an average household income of $96,806 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share8.9%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$96,806
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampshire County and the region
Centroid at 42.2316, -72.5628 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25015821000 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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,347 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Tract 25015821000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 51Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2012)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 250% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 10.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25015821000
The score leans hardest on 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 below 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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 25015821000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015821000?
Census tract 25015821000 in Hampshire County 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 25015821000?
Median gross rent is $1,347/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015821000?
5.6% of residents in tract 25015821000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,124.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015821000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 66th, minority 18th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015821000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015821000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.44% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25015821000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
Was tract 25015821000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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