Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Atkins Corner Eviction Risk: Lower , Amherst Town

Tract 25015820802 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 732 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In the Atkins Corner neighborhood of Amherst Town, census tract 25015820802 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 26% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%

Tract context

SVI overall-10.00

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Amherst Town and the region

Centroid at 42.3239, -72.5313 · click any tract to drill in

Why Atkins Corner scores 3.4

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

this tract poverty rate

3.0

Supply constraint

tract 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 Atkins Corner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

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

-1,000%Socioeconomic
-1,000%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
-1,000%Housing & transportation

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.

6.1%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
6.9%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
2.8%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
17.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Atkins Corner

The heaviest input here is housing court bias at $1/10. 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 Amherst Town eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hampshire County average of 4.9 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1000th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% 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 25015820802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015820802?

Census tract 25015820802 in the Atkins Corner neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25015820802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 58th, housing -1000th.

Is tract 25015820802 considered part of Atkins Corner?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015820802 fall within Atkins Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25015820802 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25015820802 compare to Amherst Town overall?

Tract 25015820802 scores 3.4/10, 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.