Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

East Springfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25013800201 · Hampden County, MA · pop 6,016 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

25013800201 is a census tract in the East Springfield area of Springfield, MA. It scores 6.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,016 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 8% Owners 76%

Tract context

Occupied units2,423

Renter share24.1%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate16.4%

Median income$69,857

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 42.1412, -72.5605 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Springfield scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Springfield

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

16.4% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$1,358 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Springfield

5.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Springfield

6.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Springfield

7.0

How East Springfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

70%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
52%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
0%Grade B
0%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

Within East Springfield. 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.

22.1%Housing insecurity
13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
25.5%Food insecurity
29.1%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
11.8%No health insurance
19.7%Frequent mental distress
37.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Springfield

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 46.5% across Hampden County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 29.1% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,358, 19% above the Springfield average.

Against the Hampden County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10. Food insecurity runs 25.5% against 17.8% nationally.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Holyoke Chicopee. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25013800201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013800201?

Census tract 25013800201 in the East Springfield neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 25013800201?

Median gross rent is $1,358/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25013800201?

16.4% of residents in tract 25013800201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,016.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25013800201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 86th, minority 80th, housing 52th.

Is tract 25013800201 considered part of East Springfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013800201 fall within East Springfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25013800201 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25013800201 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 25013800201 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25013800201 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.

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