Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Pittsfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25003900900 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 5,226
25003900900 is a census tract in Pittsfield, MA. It scores 7.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,226 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,200
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate20.9%
Median income$70,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4382, -73.2591 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pittsfield scores 7.4
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
20.9% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,236 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 373Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2013)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pittsfield
Against Berkshire County at 46.7%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. Against the Berkshire County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 373 filings here across 10 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 5.4% of renter households were served.
At $1,236 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Pittsfield commands. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003900900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003900900?
Census tract 25003900900 in Pittsfield scores 7.4/10 (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 25003900900?
Median gross rent is $1,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003900900?
20.9% of residents in tract 25003900900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,226.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003900900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 20th, minority 30th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003900900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 373 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003900900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.88% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003900900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25003900900 compare to Pittsfield overall?
Tract 25003900900 scores 7.4/10, 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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25003900100
7.5
/ 10 · High
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25003900200
7.5
/ 10 · High
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25003900600
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25003901100
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25003900400
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25003900300
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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