Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Brockton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25023511500 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 5,136
Census tract 25023511500 covers part of Brockton, MA, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against the Plymouth County average of 5.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,598
Renter share54.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$89,388
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
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 42.0699, -71.0225 · 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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,878 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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
- 4%Grade B
- 86%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)
- 50Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 50Filings 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.
- 27.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 34.8%SNAP enrollment
- 17.5%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 24.5%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brockton
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 34.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.8% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 50 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,878, 14% above the Brockton average. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.9% 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 5.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25023511500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023511500?
Census tract 25023511500 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 25023511500?
Median gross rent is $1,878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023511500?
13.7% of residents in tract 25023511500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,136.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023511500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 86th, minority 92th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023511500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023511500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.93% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023511500 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.8% 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. 17.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023511500 compare to Brockton overall?
Tract 25023511500 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 25023511500 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brockton
Top eight tracts in Brockton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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