2 census tracts · pop 9,837 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.4–5.9
Musterfields takes in 2 census tracts of Abington, MA and houses 9,837 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, Moderate tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.2/10.
21% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.4 to 5.9, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.3/10. Filings are well documented here: 58 across 2 observed tracts.
Against a Abington baseline of 30.4%, around a third of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 5.1% of renter households. 4.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Average gross rent is $1,569, 9% below the Abington average of $1,724. Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Against average income of $108,774, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Musterfields vs AbingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority33%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport19%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Musterfields
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
58Total filings (sum)
4.53%Avg annual filing rate
5.1%Peak year (2016)
4.53%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Musterfields
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.6%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
4.5%No health insurance
28.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Musterfields
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Musterfields?
Musterfields scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Musterfields compare to Abington overall?
Musterfields scores 1.0 points lower than Abington overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,569 vs $1,724.
Q3
What is the average rent in Musterfields?
Average gross rent in Musterfields is $1,569/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Musterfields residents are renters?
29% of Musterfields households are renter-occupied (vs 27% in Abington). The neighborhood has 9,837 residents.
Q5
Is Musterfields a high social-vulnerability area?
Musterfields sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Musterfields have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Musterfields is census tract 25023520201 (score 5.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.4 to 5.9, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Musterfields for landlords?
Musterfields carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Abington as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Musterfields?
Musterfields has 10,118 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (78.7%), Other / Multiracial (8.8%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
