Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

Sixteen Acres Eviction Risk: Elevated , Springfield

Tract 25013801601 · Hampden County, MA · pop 5,083 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 25013801601 covers part of the Sixteen Acres area of Springfield, MA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,083 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

6.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 3% Owners 79%

Tract context

Occupied units1,646

Renter share21.3%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate9.0%

Median income$65,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 42.1111, -72.5201 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sixteen Acres scores 6.2

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

9.0% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,385 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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 Sixteen Acres compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

53%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
87%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sixteen Acres. 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.

12.9%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
14.1%Food insecurity
15.7%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
32.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sixteen Acres

85% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Hampden County average of 46.5%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,385, 21% above the Springfield average.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7/10. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 21% 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. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 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 most pressured. It tracks the Hampden County average of 5.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $65,000.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25013801601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013801601?

Census tract 25013801601 in the Sixteen Acres neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 25013801601?

Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25013801601?

9.0% of residents in tract 25013801601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,083.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25013801601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 66th, minority 70th, housing 87th.

Is tract 25013801601 considered part of Sixteen Acres?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013801601 fall within Sixteen Acres (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25013801601 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25013801601 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 25013801601 scores 6.2/10, lower 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Springfield

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