Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Belchertown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25015820205 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 7,749 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Belchertown
Census tract 25015820205 sits in Belchertown, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #54,503 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,382 a month against an average household income of $117,610 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units3,084
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$117,610
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belchertown and the region
Centroid at 42.3162, -72.3946 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belchertown scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belchertown
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,382 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belchertown
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belchertown
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belchertown
7.2
How Belchertown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belchertown
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 inherited from Belchertown, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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 25015820205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820205?
Census tract 25015820205 in Belchertown scores 3.7/10 (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 25015820205?
Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015820205?
8.2% of residents in tract 25015820205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,749.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 6th, minority 24th, housing 29th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25015820205 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25015820205 compare to Belchertown overall?
Tract 25015820205 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Belchertown at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belchertown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Belchertown
Top eight tracts in Belchertown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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