Northampton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25015821601 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 3,541
Census tract 25015821601 sits in Northampton eviction risk in Hampshire County, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,540 a month against an average household income of $80,799 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Northampton and the region
Centroid at 42.3534, -72.6497 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northampton scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Northampton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
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)
- 219Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2008)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Northampton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Northampton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 219 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 25015821601
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Highest-risk tracts in Northampton
Top eight tracts in Northampton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.