Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Barnstable Town Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25001012602 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 6,599
Tract 25001012602 sits in Barnstable Town eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 6,599 residents. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Barnstable County average of 48.4%.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,045
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$67,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Barnstable Town and the region
Centroid at 41.6561, -70.2994 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barnstable Town scores 5.8
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
$1,464 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 86Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2015)
- 40Filings 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 21.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barnstable Town
34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10. At $1,464 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Barnstable Town commands.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.8/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Barnstable County average of 4.8.
The filing record is not thin: 86 evictions over 2 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $67,481.
45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25001012602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001012602?
Census tract 25001012602 in Barnstable Town scores 5.8/10 (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 25001012602?
Median gross rent is $1,464/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001012602?
11.2% of residents in tract 25001012602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001012602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 30th, minority 66th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001012602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001012602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.06% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001012602 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001012602 compare to Barnstable Town overall?
Tract 25001012602 scores 5.8/10, 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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Hyannis Park
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25001012601
5.7
/ 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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