Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Blackinton Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , North Adams
Tract 25003921500 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 2,698 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 25003921500 sits in the Blackinton Historic District area of North Adams, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. It is home to 2,698 residents. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$56,910
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Adams and the region
Centroid at 42.6905, -73.1494 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blackinton Historic District scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Adams
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$650 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Adams
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Adams
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Adams
8.0
How Blackinton Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 336Total filings over 10 yrs
- 7.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2014)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 250% over the past 10 months.
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blackinton Historic District
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Cost burden runs 59% here against 46.7% across Berkshire County. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.
Against the Berkshire County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.
At $650 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of North Adams commands. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 336 evictions over 10 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 9.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003921500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003921500?
Census tract 25003921500 in the Blackinton Historic District neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 25003921500?
Median gross rent is $650/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003921500?
19.7% of residents in tract 25003921500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,698.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003921500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 51th, minority 15th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 25003921500 considered part of Blackinton Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25003921500 fall within Blackinton Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003921500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 336 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003921500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.08% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25003921500 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25003921500 compare to North Adams overall?
Tract 25003921500 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of North Adams at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Adams; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in North Adams
Top eight tracts in North Adams ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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North Adams
6.4 / 10
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Berkshire County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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