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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Brockton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25023510501 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 3,741

With a score of 7/10, tract 25023510501 in Brockton, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,741. Against Plymouth County at 46.6%, 21% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 16% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,235
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$109,766

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 23 tracts In Brockton
Low
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 110 tracts In Plymouth County
High
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#554 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brockton and the region

Centroid at 42.1081, -71.0335 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brockton scores 7

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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,927 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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: 7.07.0This tracttract 510501Brockton: 6.66.6Brocktonparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 15Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2016)
  • 15Filings 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 dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Against the Plymouth County average of 5.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.

The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

At $1,927 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Brockton commands. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.

The filing record is not thin: 15 evictions over 1 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 22.3% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.6% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brockton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25023510501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023510501?

Census tract 25023510501 in Brockton scores 7/10 (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 25023510501?

Median gross rent is $1,927/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25023510501?

11.3% of residents in tract 25023510501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,741.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023510501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 93th, minority 77th, housing 88th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023510501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023510501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.62% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25023510501 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.7% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25023510501 compare to Brockton overall?

Tract 25023510501 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Brockton at 6.6/10. 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 25023510501 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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