Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Ware Millyard Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25015820102 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 3,643 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
How risky is the Ware Millyard Historic District area of Ware for landlords? Census tract 25015820102 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,009 monthly, set against $41,796 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share57.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$41,796
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ware and the region
Centroid at 42.2531, -72.2274 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ware Millyard Historic District scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ware
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,009 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ware
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ware
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ware
6.9
How Ware Millyard Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 501Total filings over 12 yrs
- 5.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2010)
- 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.3%Food insecurity
- 35.4%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ware Millyard Historic District
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ware, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hampshire County average of 4.9 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 501 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.3% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25015820102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820102?
Census tract 25015820102 in the Ware Millyard Historic District neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25015820102?
Median gross rent is $1,009/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015820102?
18.3% of residents in tract 25015820102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,643.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 87th, minority 29th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 25015820102 considered part of Ware Millyard Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015820102 fall within Ware Millyard Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015820102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 501 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015820102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.09% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25015820102 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25015820102 compare to Ware overall?
Tract 25015820102 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Ware at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ware; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ware
Top eight tracts in Ware ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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