Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Pittsfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25003900200 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 4,704
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 25003900200 in Pittsfield, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Berkshire County average of 46.7%.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,852
Renter share72.4%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$49,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4557, -73.2414 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pittsfield scores 7.5
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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,115 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Pittsfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 1,020Total filings over 10 yrs
- 6.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2015)
- 60Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 10 months.
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.
- 19.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.0%Food insecurity
- 31.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 22.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pittsfield
The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10.
72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. SNAP participation runs 31.0% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 1.7 points above the Berkshire County average of 5.8. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.6/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 1,020 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 8.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 25003900200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003900200?
Census tract 25003900200 in Pittsfield scores 7.5/10 (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 25003900200?
Median gross rent is $1,115/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003900200?
20.5% of residents in tract 25003900200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,704.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003900200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 67th, minority 51th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003900200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,020 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003900200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.98% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003900200 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.4% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25003900200 compare to Pittsfield overall?
Tract 25003900200 scores 7.5/10, higher 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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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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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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