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Amherst Center Eviction Risk: Moderate , Amherst Town

Tract 25015820400 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 11,895 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

The Amherst Center area of Amherst Town anchors census tract 25015820400, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 35th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $2,667 a month. About 100% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 71% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units34
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate13.9%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Amherst Center
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Amherst Town
Low
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 35 tracts In Hampshire County
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#450 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Amherst Town and the region

Centroid at 42.3889, -72.5261 · click any tract to drill in

Why Amherst Center scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Amherst Town
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,667 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Amherst Town
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Amherst Town
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Amherst Town
6.0

How Amherst Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Amherst Center risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 820400Amherst Town: 5.85.8Amherst Townparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak (2005)
  • 1Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 250158204002005: 1 filings (0.78/100 renter HHs)2006: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2013: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2014: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2015: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 100% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Amherst Center

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Amherst Town eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.8% of renter households in 2005.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25015820400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820400?

Census tract 25015820400 in the Amherst Center neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 25015820400?

Median gross rent is $2,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25015820400?

13.9% of residents in tract 25015820400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 11,895.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 0th, minority 56th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 25015820400 considered part of Amherst Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015820400 fall within Amherst Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015820400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25015820400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.78% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25015820400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25015820400 compare to Amherst Town overall?

Tract 25015820400 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of Amherst Town at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Amherst Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Amherst Town

Top eight tracts in Amherst Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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