Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Haverhill Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25009260301 · Essex County, MA · pop 4,596

Census tract 25009260301 covers part of Haverhill, MA, and scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,596. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 12% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units1,876

Renter share20.5%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate8.8%

Median income$102,946

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Haverhill and the region

Centroid at 42.7772, -71.0464 · click any tract to drill in

Why Haverhill scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Haverhill

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

8.8% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,382 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Haverhill

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Haverhill

7.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Haverhill

6.6

How Haverhill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

21%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
33%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.

7%Grade A
4%Grade B
33%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.

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.

10.1%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
11.2%Food insecurity
12.8%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
27.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Haverhill

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 50.7% across Essex County.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. At $1,382 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Haverhill commands.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Haverhill. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $102,946, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Essex County average of 6.0 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25009260301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009260301?

Census tract 25009260301 in Haverhill scores 6.1/10 (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 25009260301?

Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009260301?

8.8% of residents in tract 25009260301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,596.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009260301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 37th, minority 33th, housing 42th.

What share of households in tract 25009260301 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009260301 compare to Haverhill overall?

Tract 25009260301 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Haverhill at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Haverhill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25009260301 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 Haverhill

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