Census Tract · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally

Brockton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25023511000 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 2,982

Census tract 25023511000 is in Brockton, Massachusetts. It has a population of 2,982 and an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). 46% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 28% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,402/month against a median household income of $65,758 — roughly 26% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 33% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,090

Renter share62.0%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate24.1%

Median income$65,758

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Brockton and the region

Centroid at 42.0877, -71.0110 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brockton scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

24.1% poverty · this tract

6.0

Supply constraint

$1,402 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

83%Socioeconomic
96%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
66%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
61%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

32Total filings over 1 yrs
5.59%Avg annual filing rate
5.6%Peak (2016)
32Filings 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.

30.3%Housing insecurity
20.4%Utility-shutoff threat
35.5%Food insecurity
42.5%SNAP enrollment
19.6%Transit barriers
11.2%No health insurance
24.8%Frequent mental distress
42.6%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 25023511000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023511000?

Census tract 25023511000 in Brockton scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25023511000?

Median gross rent is $1,402/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25023511000?

24.1% of residents in tract 25023511000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,982.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023511000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 96th, minority 86th, housing 66th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023511000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023511000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.59% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25023511000 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.3% 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. 20.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25023511000 compare to Brockton overall?

Tract 25023511000 scores 6.9/10 — higher than the parent city of Brockton at 6.4/10. 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.

Was tract 25023511000 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 61% 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 Brockton

Top eight tracts in Brockton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.