Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Stearnsville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsfield
Tract 25003900500 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 3,390 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 25003900500 sits in the Stearnsville area of Pittsfield eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 3,390 residents. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Berkshire County average of 46.7%.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,339
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$109,554
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4608, -73.3037 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stearnsville scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsfield
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,304 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsfield
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsfield
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsfield
6.8
How Stearnsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 39Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2008)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Stearnsville. 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 11.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stearnsville
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 39 evictions over 8 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points below the Berkshire County average of 5.8. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,304, 15% above the Pittsfield average.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2008, when 4.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003900500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003900500?
Census tract 25003900500 in the Stearnsville neighborhood 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 25003900500?
Median gross rent is $1,304/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003900500?
6.6% of residents in tract 25003900500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003900500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 51th, minority 15th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 25003900500 considered part of Stearnsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25003900500 fall within Stearnsville (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003900500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 25003900500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.32% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25003900500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25003900500 compare to Pittsfield overall?
Tract 25003900500 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Pittsfield at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pittsfield
Top eight tracts in Pittsfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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25003900600
7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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25003900200
7.5
/ 10 · High
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25003900900
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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25003901100
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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25003900400
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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25003900300
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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