Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Brockton Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25023511400 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 4,619
25023511400 is a census tract in Brockton, MA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Plymouth County average of 46.6%.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,282
Renter share74.6%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$73,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brockton and the region
Centroid at 42.0751, -71.0251 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brockton scores 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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,951 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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
- 6%Grade B
- 80%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)
- 53Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2016)
- 53Filings 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.
- 31.0%Housing insecurity
- 20.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.9%Food insecurity
- 42.0%SNAP enrollment
- 20.1%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 25.2%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brockton
It sits 2.8 points above the Plymouth County average of 5.2. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Food insecurity runs 35.9% against 17.8% nationally. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Housing insecurity runs 31.0% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.
At $1,951 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of Brockton commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 53 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.1% 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 7.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25023511400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023511400?
Census tract 25023511400 in Brockton scores 8/10 (High 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 25023511400?
Median gross rent is $1,951/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023511400?
15.6% of residents in tract 25023511400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,619.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023511400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 86th, minority 89th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023511400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023511400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.12% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023511400 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.0% 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. 20.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023511400 compare to Brockton overall?
Tract 25023511400 scores 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 25023511400 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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