Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Ware Center Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25015820101 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 6,519 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 25015820101 sits in Ware Center Historic District in Ware, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #54,502 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,142 monthly, set against $93,274 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,902
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$93,274
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ware and the region
Centroid at 42.2746, -72.2911 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ware Center Historic District scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ware
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,142 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ware
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ware
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ware
6.9
How Ware Center Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%Housing & transportation
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)
- 381Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2012)
- 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ware Center Historic District
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Ware, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 381 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 7.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.0% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25015820101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820101?
Census tract 25015820101 in the Ware Center Historic District neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 25015820101?
Median gross rent is $1,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015820101?
5.5% of residents in tract 25015820101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,519.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 59th, minority 6th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 25015820101 considered part of Ware Center Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015820101 fall within Ware Center Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015820101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 381 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015820101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.61% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25015820101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25015820101 compare to Ware overall?
Tract 25015820101 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Ware at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ware; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ware
Top eight tracts in Ware ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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