Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Springfield Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicopee

Tract 25013811000 · Hampden County, MA · pop 4,858 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 5.8/10, tract 25013811000 in the Springfield Street Historic District area of Chicopee, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,858 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 21% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units2,103

Renter share32.0%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate6.4%

Median income$61,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicopee and the region

Centroid at 42.1598, -72.6038 · click any tract to drill in

Why Springfield Street Historic District scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Chicopee

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

6.4% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,186 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Chicopee

6.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Chicopee

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Chicopee

6.7

How Springfield Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

31%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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
90%Grade C
4%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 Springfield Street Historic District. 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.

11.7%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
15.5%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Springfield Street Historic District

Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 46.5% across Hampden County. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10. 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 #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Hampden County average of 5.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,186, close to the Chicopee average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $61,563. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 25013811000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013811000?

Census tract 25013811000 in the Springfield Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 25013811000?

Median gross rent is $1,186/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25013811000?

6.4% of residents in tract 25013811000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,858.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25013811000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 79th, minority 38th, housing 24th.

Is tract 25013811000 considered part of Springfield Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013811000 fall within Springfield Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25013811000 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25013811000 compare to Chicopee overall?

Tract 25013811000 scores 5.8/10, lower than the parent city of Chicopee at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicopee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25013811000 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. 4% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Chicopee

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