Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Brockton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25023510503 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 4,271
Eviction risk in Brockton eviction risk in Plymouth County centers on tract 25023510503, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 4,271 residents. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
69% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,639 monthly, set against $54,113 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 66% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,516
Renter share66.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$54,113
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brockton and the region
Centroid at 42.0943, -71.0656 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brockton scores 5.4
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
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,639 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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.
- 5%Grade A
- 4%Grade B
- 31%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)
- 84Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2016)
- 84Filings 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.
- 24.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 35.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brockton
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 Brockton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Plymouth County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25023510503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023510503?
Census tract 25023510503 in Brockton scores 5.4/10 (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 25023510503?
Median gross rent is $1,639/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023510503?
19.1% of residents in tract 25023510503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,271.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023510503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 99th, minority 80th, housing 99th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023510503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023510503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.36% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023510503 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.6% 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. 17.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023510503 compare to Brockton overall?
Tract 25023510503 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Brockton at 6.2/10. 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 25023510503 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Brockton
Top eight tracts in Brockton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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25023510900
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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25023510504
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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25023510300
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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25023511000
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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25023510505
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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25023510800
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
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