Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Dennis Port Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25001011600 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 2,649
Census tract 25001011600 covers part of Dennis Port, MA, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,649. Against the Barnstable County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,576
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$56,905
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dennis Port and the region
Centroid at 41.6638, -70.1364 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dennis Port scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dennis Port
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,286 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dennis Port
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dennis Port
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dennis Port
7.2
How Dennis Port compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 57Total filings over 2 yrs
- 7.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.2%Peak (2015)
- 23Filings 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dennis Port
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 48.4% across Barnstable County. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10.
At $1,286 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Dennis Port commands. The filing record is not thin: 57 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25001011600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001011600?
Census tract 25001011600 in Dennis Port scores 7.4/10 (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 25001011600?
Median gross rent is $1,286/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001011600?
14.2% of residents in tract 25001011600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,649.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001011600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 53th, minority 17th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001011600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001011600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.25% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001011600 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001011600 compare to Dennis Port overall?
Tract 25001011600 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Dennis Port at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dennis Port; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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