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Summer Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Adams

Tract 25003922100 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 2,623 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

25003922100 is a census tract in the Summer Street Historic District area of Adams, MA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,623 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 24% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,402
Renter share52.6%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$47,438

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Summer Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Adams
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 40 tracts In Berkshire County
Very High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#356 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Adams and the region

Centroid at 42.6202, -73.1243 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summer Street Historic District scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Adams
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$888 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Adams
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Adams
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Adams
7.9

How Summer Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Summer Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 9221006.4Adamsparent city5.8Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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)

  • 215Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 3.54%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2015)
  • 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25003922100
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Summer Street Historic District. 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 Summer Street Historic District

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 2.0 points above the Berkshire County average of 5.8. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Against Berkshire County at 46.7%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 215 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25003922100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003922100?

Census tract 25003922100 in the Summer Street Historic District neighborhood 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 25003922100?

Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25003922100?

21.7% of residents in tract 25003922100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,623.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25003922100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 67th, minority 18th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 25003922100 considered part of Summer Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25003922100 fall within Summer Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003922100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 215 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003922100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.54% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25003922100 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25003922100 compare to Adams overall?

Tract 25003922100 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Adams at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Adams; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Adams

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

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