Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Mundale Eviction Risk: Lower , Westfield
Tract 25013812902 · Hampden County, MA · pop 4,733 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
25013812902 is a census tract in the Mundale area of Westfield, MA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,733. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,857
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$114,176
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westfield and the region
Centroid at 42.1189, -72.8052 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mundale scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westfield
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,504 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westfield
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westfield
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westfield
5.8
How Mundale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 10.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mundale
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Hampden County average of 5.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.3 points.
At $1,504 a month, rents run 35% over what the rest of Westfield commands. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Hampden County average of 46.5%. Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $114,176, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.7 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25013812902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013812902?
Census tract 25013812902 in the Mundale neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25013812902?
Median gross rent is $1,504/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25013812902?
4.1% of residents in tract 25013812902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25013812902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 65th, minority 23th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 25013812902 considered part of Mundale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013812902 fall within Mundale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25013812902 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25013812902 compare to Westfield overall?
Tract 25013812902 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Westfield at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westfield
Top eight tracts in Westfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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