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Pathways Cohousing Eviction Risk: Elevated , Northampton

Tract 25015822200 · Hampshire County, MA · pop 5,441 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 25015822200 in the Pathways Cohousing area of Northampton, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,441. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 6% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units2,191

Renter share15.1%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate13.9%

Median income$97,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Northampton and the region

Centroid at 42.3091, -72.6677 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pathways Cohousing scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

13.9% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,318 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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 Pathways Cohousing compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

35%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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)

140Total filings over 12 yrs
2.67%Avg annual filing rate
2.7%Peak (2005)
7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2005 to 2016

Filings dropped 56% 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.

8.3%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pathways Cohousing

Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.6/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Hampshire County average of 46.3%.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.6/10. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.

It sits 0.9 points above the Hampshire County average of 5.6. The filing record is not thin: 140 evictions over 12 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2005 at 2.7% of renter households. At $1,318 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Northampton commands.

In a typical year about 2.7% 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 25015822200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25015822200?

Census tract 25015822200 in the Pathways Cohousing neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25015822200?

Median gross rent is $1,318/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25015822200?

13.9% of residents in tract 25015822200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,441.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25015822200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 79th, minority 23th, housing 24th.

Is tract 25015822200 considered part of Pathways Cohousing?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25015822200 fall within Pathways Cohousing (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25015822200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25015822200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.67% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25015822200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25015822200 compare to Northampton overall?

Tract 25015822200 scores 6.5/10, right in line with 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Northampton

Top eight tracts in Northampton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org