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East Village Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Amherst Town

Tract 25015820700 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 3,330 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 25015820700 sits in the East Village Historic District area of Amherst Town eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. Population here is 3,330. Severe burden reaches 54%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 15% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,535
Renter share42.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$79,410

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In East Village Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Amherst Town
Moderate
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 35 tracts In Hampshire County
High
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#479 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Amherst Town and the region

Centroid at 42.3708, -72.4877 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Village Historic District scores 7.3

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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,494 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 East Village Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Village Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 8207006.1Amherst Townparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 134Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 1.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2013)
  • 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25015820700
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Village Historic District

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 46.3% across Hampshire County. 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.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.6/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 134 evictions over 12 years of observation.

Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,494, 11% below the Amherst Town average. Filings peaked in 2013 at 3.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25015820700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820700?

Census tract 25015820700 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 25015820700?

Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25015820700?

20.3% of residents in tract 25015820700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,330.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 8th, minority 52th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 25015820700 considered part of East Village Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015820700 fall within East Village Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015820700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 134 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015820700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25015820700 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25015820700 compare to Amherst Town overall?

Tract 25015820700 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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