Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Pittsfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25003900400 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 4,456

With a score of 6.1/10, tract 25003900400 in Pittsfield, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,456. Against Berkshire County at 46.7%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 22% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units2,139

Renter share30.7%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$74,663

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4791, -73.2550 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pittsfield scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,110 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

32%Socioeconomic
64%Household composition
25%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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)

724Total filings over 10 yrs
10.37%Avg annual filing rate
12.7%Peak (2012)
41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2007 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
12.2%Food insecurity
15.2%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
30.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pittsfield

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10.

The filing record is not thin: 724 evictions over 10 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 12.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.4% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.

Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $74,663, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Berkshire County average of 5.8 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,110, close to the Pittsfield average. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 25003900400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003900400?

Census tract 25003900400 in Pittsfield scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25003900400?

Median gross rent is $1,110/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25003900400?

9.9% of residents in tract 25003900400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,456.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25003900400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 64th, minority 25th, housing 77th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003900400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 724 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003900400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.37% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25003900400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25003900400 compare to Pittsfield overall?

Tract 25003900400 scores 6.1/10, right in line with 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org