Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
East Village Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Amherst Town
Tract 25015820600 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 1,565 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 25015820600 covers part of the East Village Historic District area of Amherst Town, MA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 68%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 68%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units19
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate19.4%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Amherst Town and the region
Centroid at 42.3712, -72.5103 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Village Historic District scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,568 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 East Village Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 2Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Village Historic District. 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 25.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Village Historic District
68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Hampshire County average of 46.3%. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.6/10.
Against the Hampshire County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 2 evictions over 2 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 2.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25015820600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820600?
Census tract 25015820600 in the East Village Historic District neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 25015820600?
Median gross rent is $1,568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015820600?
19.4% of residents in tract 25015820600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,565.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 0th, minority 54th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 25015820600 considered part of East Village Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015820600 fall within East Village Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015820600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25015820600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.86% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25015820600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25015820600 compare to Amherst Town overall?
Tract 25015820600 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Amherst Town at 6.1/10. 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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