Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Brockton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25023510200 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 6,864
25023510200 is a census tract in Brockton, MA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,864. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,426
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$103,293
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brockton and the region
Centroid at 42.1040, -70.9998 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brockton scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brockton
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,721 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brockton
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brockton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brockton
7.1
How Brockton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 53%Grade C
- 9%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)
- 66Total filings over 1 yrs
- 12.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2016)
- 66Filings 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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.9%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brockton
It sits 2.6 points above the Plymouth County average of 5.2. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 46.6% across Plymouth County. SNAP participation runs 24.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 66 evictions over 1 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 12.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brockton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 12.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25023510200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023510200?
Census tract 25023510200 in Brockton scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 25023510200?
Median gross rent is $1,721/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023510200?
16.9% of residents in tract 25023510200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,864.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023510200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 77th, minority 79th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023510200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023510200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.92% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023510200 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023510200 compare to Brockton overall?
Tract 25023510200 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Brockton at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brockton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25023510200 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. 9% 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.
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