Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Pittsfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25003935200 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 5,022
Census tract 25003935200 covers part of Pittsfield, MA, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,022 residents. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$87,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4487, -73.2056 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pittsfield scores 5.5
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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,394 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 200Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2014)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 31% 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pittsfield
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. At $1,394 a month, rents run 23% over what the rest of Pittsfield commands.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.6/10. Court records carry 200 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 9.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Berkshire County average of 5.8 closely.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $87,500.
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 25003935200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003935200?
Census tract 25003935200 in Pittsfield scores 5.5/10 (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 average rent in tract 25003935200?
Median gross rent is $1,394/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003935200?
7.6% of residents in tract 25003935200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,022.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003935200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 53th, minority 10th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003935200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 200 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003935200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.46% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003935200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25003935200 compare to Pittsfield overall?
Tract 25003935200 scores 5.5/10, 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.
Tract · MA
25003900100
7.5
/ 10 · High
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25003900200
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
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
Tract · MA
25003900300
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Stearnsville
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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