Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Chester Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25013813001 · Hampden County, MA · pop 2,902 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Chester
25013813001 is a census tract in Chester, MA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,902 residents. It sits 2.8 points below the Hampden County average of 5.8.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,221
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$90,341
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester and the region
Centroid at 42.1920, -72.9641 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chester scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chester
7.6
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
$1,115 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chester
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chester
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chester
1.8
How Chester compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chester
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Cost burden runs 34% here against 46.5% across Hampden County.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $90,341, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 3.2 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25013813001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013813001?
Census tract 25013813001 in Chester scores 3/10 (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 25013813001?
Median gross rent is $1,115/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25013813001?
4.1% of residents in tract 25013813001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,902.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25013813001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 24th, minority 2th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25013813001 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25013813001 compare to Chester overall?
Tract 25013813001 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Chester at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chester; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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