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West End Eviction Risk: Elevated , Provincetown

Tract 25001010100 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 3,630 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 6.2/10, tract 25001010100 in the West End area of Provincetown, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 12% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,034
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$104,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West End
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Provincetown
Moderate
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 56 tracts In Barnstable County
High
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#766 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Provincetown and the region

Centroid at 42.0598, -70.2004 · click any tract to drill in

Why West End scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Provincetown
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,306 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Provincetown
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Provincetown
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Provincetown
7.4

How West End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West End risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.2This tracttract 0101006.0Provincetownparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 20Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2015)
  • 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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 West End

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Against Barnstable County at 48.4%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Barnstable County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 2 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25001010100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001010100?

Census tract 25001010100 in the West End neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 25001010100?

Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25001010100?

11.9% of residents in tract 25001010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,630.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25001010100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 60th, minority 33th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 25001010100 considered part of West End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25001010100 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001010100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25001010100 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.5% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25001010100 compare to Provincetown overall?

Tract 25001010100 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Provincetown at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Provincetown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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