Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Westfield
Tract 25013812903 · Hampden County, MA · pop 2,103 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 25013812903 in the Highlands area of Westfield, MA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,103 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units24
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.0%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westfield and the region
Centroid at 42.1304, -72.7915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlands 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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highlands. 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 26.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlands
Against the Hampden County average of 5.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.3 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% 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.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.7 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Model confidence here is 60%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25013812903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013812903?
Census tract 25013812903 in the Highlands 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 poverty rate in tract 25013812903?
0.0% of residents in tract 25013812903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,103.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25013812903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 0th, minority 25th, housing 8th.
Q4
Is tract 25013812903 considered part of Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25013812903 fall within Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 25013812903 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25013812903 compare to Westfield overall?
Tract 25013812903 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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