Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25015821101 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25015821101 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 6,613
In Hampshire, census tract 25015821101 scores 4.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 18% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,173 a month against an average household income of $92,308 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units3,220
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$92,308
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampshire County and the region
Centroid at 42.2290, -72.5940 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25015821101 scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25015821101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25015821101
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% 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 25015821101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015821101?
Census tract 25015821101 in Hampshire County scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25015821101?
Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015821101?
8.3% of residents in tract 25015821101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,613.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015821101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 30th, minority 21th, housing 29th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25015821101 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 25015821101 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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