Winchester Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Springfield

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Hampden County average of 46.5%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

It sits 2.0 points above the Hampden County average of 5.8. Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. At $1,261 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Springfield commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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