Pittsfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 34.2% against 15.2% nationally.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Berkshire County average of 5.8.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Court records carry 814 eviction filings across 10 observed years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 8.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

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.