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Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Hingham Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25023501101 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 3,494 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Hingham

25023501101 is a census tract in Hingham, MA. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 8% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,275
Renter share15.8%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$173,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Hingham
Very High
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 110 tracts In Plymouth County
Very Low
Within state
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#1,465 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Very Low
National
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#52,479 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hingham and the region

Centroid at 42.2535, -70.8733 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hingham scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hingham
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hingham
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hingham
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hingham
5.9

How Hingham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hingham risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 501101Hingham: 4.64.6Hinghamparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

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)

  • 3Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.4%Peak (2016)
  • 3Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hingham

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Against the Plymouth County average of 5.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Food insecurity runs 6.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 2.6% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 3 eviction filings across 1 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.4 points cooler.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25023501101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023501101?

Census tract 25023501101 in Hingham scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 25023501101?

5.6% of residents in tract 25023501101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,494.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023501101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 52th, minority 11th, housing 66th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023501101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023501101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.38% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

What share of households in tract 25023501101 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 25023501101 compare to Hingham overall?

Tract 25023501101 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Hingham at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hingham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hingham

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

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