3 census tracts · pop 10,777 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10
· range 7–8
Skyview Village is a 3-tract neighborhood of Brockton, MA, population 10,777. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.7/10, Elevated tier. At $814 a month, rents sit 50% under what the rest of Brockton commands.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.8/10.
SNAP participation is 29.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Against a Brockton baseline of 32.3%, 38% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 7 to 8, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 37 eviction filings.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 12.3% of renter households.
Judgments average 2.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Rent takes 13% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 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
7.7
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Skyview Village vs BrocktonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority77%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Skyview Village
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
37Total filings (sum)
12.25%Avg annual filing rate
12.3%Peak year (2016)
12.25%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Skyview Village
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.4%Housing insecurity
14.6%Utility shutoff threat
25.3%Food insecurity
29.8%SNAP enrollment
8.3%No health insurance
37.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Skyview Village
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Skyview Village?
Skyview Village scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 Skyview Village compare to Brockton overall?
Skyview Village scores 1.1 points higher than Brockton overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $814 vs $1,641.
Q3
What is the average rent in Skyview Village?
Average gross rent in Skyview Village is $814/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Skyview Village residents are renters?
40% of Skyview Village households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Brockton). The neighborhood has 10,777 residents.
Q5
Is Skyview Village a high social-vulnerability area?
Skyview Village sits in the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Skyview Village have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Skyview Village is census tract 25023511601 (score 8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7 to 8, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Skyview Village for landlords?
Skyview Village carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Brockton as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Skyview Village?
Skyview Village has 11,634 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (31.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.6%), Other / Multiracial (21%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.