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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Abington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25023520202 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 6,262

Tract 25023520202 sits in Abington, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Population here is 6,262. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.3/10.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 19% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,340
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$119,133

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Abington
Moderate
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 110 tracts In Plymouth County
Elevated
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#916 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Abington and the region

Centroid at 42.1263, -70.9780 · click any tract to drill in

Why Abington scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Abington
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,912 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Abington
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Abington
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Abington
4.7

How Abington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Abington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 520202Abington: 5.95.9Abingtonparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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)

  • 14Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2016)
  • 14Filings 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 Abington

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Against Plymouth County at 46.6%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.

Court records carry 14 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,912, 11% above the Abington average.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 1.9% 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 1.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25023520202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023520202?

Census tract 25023520202 in Abington scores 5.6/10 (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 25023520202?

Median gross rent is $1,912/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25023520202?

7.6% of residents in tract 25023520202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,262.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023520202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 17th, minority 19th, housing 11th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023520202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023520202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.93% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25023520202 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25023520202 compare to Abington overall?

Tract 25023520202 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Abington at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Abington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 25023520202 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 Abington

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

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