Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Stearnsville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsfield
Tract 25003900700 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 2,958 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 25003900700 in the Stearnsville area of Pittsfield, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,187
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$89,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4347, -73.2936 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stearnsville scores 5.3
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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 60Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 10 months.
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stearnsville
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.6/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 60 filings here across 10 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003900700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003900700?
Census tract 25003900700 in the Stearnsville neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25003900700?
6.2% of residents in tract 25003900700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,958.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003900700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 24th, minority 10th, housing 81th.
Q4
Is tract 25003900700 considered part of Stearnsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25003900700 fall within Stearnsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003900700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003900700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003900700 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25003900700 compare to Pittsfield overall?
Tract 25003900700 scores 5.3/10, 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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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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25003900600
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25003900900
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25003901100
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25003900400
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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