Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Barnstable Town Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25001012601 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 3,211
25001012601 is a census tract in Barnstable Town, MA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,211. Severe burden reaches 88%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,305
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$66,080
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Barnstable Town and the region
Centroid at 41.6625, -70.3180 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barnstable Town scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Barnstable Town
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,824 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Barnstable Town
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Barnstable Town
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Barnstable Town
5.1
How Barnstable Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 16Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 17.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barnstable Town
Against Barnstable County at 48.4%, 91% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $66,080, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Barnstable County average of 4.8.
Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 2 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,824, close to the Barnstable Town average. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 25001012601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001012601?
Census tract 25001012601 in Barnstable Town scores 5.7/10 (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 25001012601?
Median gross rent is $1,824/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 91% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001012601?
11.2% of residents in tract 25001012601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,211.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001012601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 59th, minority 32th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001012601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001012601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001012601 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001012601 compare to Barnstable Town overall?
Tract 25001012601 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Barnstable Town at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Barnstable Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Barnstable Town
Top eight tracts in Barnstable Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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25001015300
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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25001012602
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Hyannis Park
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Mills Village
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25001013002
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
25001013100
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
25001012800
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
25001012200
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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