Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Abington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25023520100 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 7,260
Census tract 25023520100 covers part of Abington, MA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,605
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$126,860
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Abington and the region
Centroid at 42.1040, -70.9458 · click any tract to drill in
Why Abington scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Abington
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Abington
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Abington
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Abington
4.7
How Abington 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.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 0%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)
- 33Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2016)
- 33Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Abington
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,182, 31% below the Abington average. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 1 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25023520100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023520100?
Census tract 25023520100 in Abington scores 5/10 (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 25023520100?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023520100?
3.9% of residents in tract 25023520100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,260.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023520100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 23th, minority 19th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023520100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023520100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.25% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023520100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023520100 compare to Abington overall?
Tract 25023520100 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Abington at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Abington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25023520100 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Abington
Top eight tracts in Abington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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