Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Brockton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25023510400 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 3,782
How risky is Brockton for landlords? Census tract 25023510400 scores 7.2/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,549 monthly, set against $58,529 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,262
Renter share71.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate27.9%
Median income$58,529
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brockton and the region
Centroid at 42.0932, -71.0213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brockton scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
27.9% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
- 83%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.
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)
- 47Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2016)
- 47Filings 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.
- 32.1%Housing insecurity
- 22.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.6%Food insecurity
- 45.4%SNAP enrollment
- 21.7%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 25.7%Frequent mental distress
- 44.1%Any disability
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 32.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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.
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 25023510400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023510400?
Census tract 25023510400 in Brockton scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25023510400?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023510400?
27.9% of residents in tract 25023510400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,782.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023510400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 97th, minority 92th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023510400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023510400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.39% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023510400 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.1% 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. 22.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023510400 compare to Brockton overall?
Tract 25023510400 scores 6/10, right in line with 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 25023510400 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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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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