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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

City of Amesbury Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25009266400 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,668 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 25009266400 covers part of the City of Amesbury area of Essex County, MA, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,668. Cost burden runs 72% here against 50.7% across Essex County.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 12% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,599
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$80,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In City of Amesbury
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In city
Very High
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 173 tracts In Essex County
Elevated
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#678 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Essex County and the region

Centroid at 42.8628, -70.9123 · click any tract to drill in

Why City of Amesbury scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,473 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How City of Amesbury compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
City of Amesbury risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.6This tracttract 2664006.0Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within City of Amesbury. 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 City of Amesbury

35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 7.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Essex County average of 6.0 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,473 a month.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $80,313. 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25009266400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009266400?

Census tract 25009266400 in the City of Amesbury neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 25009266400?

Median gross rent is $1,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009266400?

12.6% of residents in tract 25009266400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,668.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009266400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 73th, minority 17th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 25009266400 considered part of City of Amesbury?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25009266400 fall within City of Amesbury (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25009266400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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.
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