Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Liberty Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Springfield

Tract 25013800300 · Hampden County, MA · pop 4,869 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

25013800300 is a census tract in the Liberty Heights area of Springfield, MA. It scores 7/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,869. 53% 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

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 10% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,716

Renter share28.8%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate14.7%

Median income$59,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 42.1369, -72.5755 · click any tract to drill in

Why Liberty Heights scores 7

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

14.7% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,074 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Liberty Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

80%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
26%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.

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.

25.2%Housing insecurity
16.1%Utility-shutoff threat
31.1%Food insecurity
36.2%SNAP enrollment
15.8%Transit barriers
14.2%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
41.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Liberty Heights

Against Hampden County at 46.5%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 36.2% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Against the Hampden County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Housing insecurity runs 25.2% against 14.2% nationally.

Running hot, local political climate 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.

Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,074, close to the Springfield average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $59,861.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25013800300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013800300?

Census tract 25013800300 in the Liberty Heights neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 25013800300?

Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25013800300?

14.7% of residents in tract 25013800300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,869.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25013800300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 97th, minority 79th, housing 26th.

Is tract 25013800300 considered part of Liberty Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013800300 fall within Liberty Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25013800300 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.2% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25013800300 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 25013800300 scores 7/10, 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 25013800300 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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