Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
South Dennis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25001011500 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 4,054 · 85% of tract blocks fall in South Dennis
Tract 25001011500 sits in South Dennis, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 4,054 residents. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,721
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$92,527
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Dennis and the region
Centroid at 41.6970, -70.1545 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Dennis scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Dennis
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,762 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Dennis
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Dennis
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Dennis
5.0
How South Dennis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 31Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2015)
- 15Filings 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
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Dennis
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Barnstable County average of 48.4%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.5/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 31 evictions over 2 years of observation. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,762, 12% below the South Dennis average.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 3.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10.
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 25001011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001011500?
Census tract 25001011500 in South Dennis scores 4.9/10 (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 25001011500?
Median gross rent is $1,762/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001011500?
9.8% of residents in tract 25001011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,054.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 79th, minority 38th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001011500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001011500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001011500 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001011500 compare to South Dennis overall?
Tract 25001011500 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of South Dennis at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Dennis; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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