Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Russell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25013813002 · Hampden County, MA · pop 3,902 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Russell
Census tract 25013813002 covers part of Russell, MA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,902 residents. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Hampden County average of 46.5%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$106,300
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Russell and the region
Centroid at 42.1312, -72.8851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Russell scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Russell
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Russell
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Russell
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Russell
4.4
How Russell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Russell
It sits 2.8 points below the Hampden County average of 5.8. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $967, 17% above the Russell average.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10. Against average income of $106,300, annual rent is just 11%.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 3.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25013813002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25013813002?
Census tract 25013813002 in Russell 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 25013813002?
Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25013813002?
6.1% of residents in tract 25013813002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,902.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25013813002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 9th, minority 15th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25013813002 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25013813002 compare to Russell overall?
Tract 25013813002 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Russell at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Russell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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