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Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Brockton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25023510300 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 4,516

Census tract 25023510300 runs through Brockton. With 4,516 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,609 a month while the average household earns $54,292 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 25% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,510
Renter share76.8%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$54,292

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 23 tracts In Brockton
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 110 tracts In Plymouth County
Very High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#260 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
National
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18,240 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brockton and the region

Centroid at 42.1006, -71.0254 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brockton scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brockton
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,609 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brockton
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brockton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brockton
7.1

How Brockton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brockton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 510300Brockton: 6.26.2Brocktonparent cityCounty: 2.62.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

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.

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.

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)

  • 82Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 7.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.0%Peak (2016)
  • 82Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brockton

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Brockton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Plymouth County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 25023510300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023510300?

Census tract 25023510300 in Brockton scores 5.5/10 (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 25023510300?

Median gross rent is $1,609/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25023510300?

20.7% of residents in tract 25023510300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,516.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023510300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 96th, minority 87th, housing 67th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023510300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023510300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.97% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25023510300 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.5% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25023510300 compare to Brockton overall?

Tract 25023510300 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Brockton at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brockton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 25023510300 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brockton

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

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