Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Leeds Eviction Risk: Moderate , Northampton
Tract 25015821700 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 3,771 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 25015821700 in the Leeds area of Northampton, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.6/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,563
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$92,303
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northampton and the region
Centroid at 42.3379, -72.7110 · click any tract to drill in
Why Leeds scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northampton
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,484 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northampton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northampton
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northampton
6.6
How Leeds compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 121Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2011)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Leeds
Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Food insecurity runs 7.3% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 121 evictions over 12 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.3% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Hampshire County average of 5.6 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,484, close to the Northampton average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25015821700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015821700?
Census tract 25015821700 in the Leeds neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 25015821700?
Median gross rent is $1,484/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25015821700?
6.1% of residents in tract 25015821700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25015821700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 62th, minority 23th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 25015821700 considered part of Leeds?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015821700 fall within Leeds (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015821700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015821700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25015821700 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25015821700 compare to Northampton overall?
Tract 25015821700 scores 5.8/10, lower than the parent city of Northampton at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northampton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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7.8
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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25015821601
6.5
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Northampton Downtown Historic District
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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