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Census Tract · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

Fall River Eviction Risk: High

Tract 25005640201 · Bristol County, MA · pop 2,892

Tract 25005640201 sits in Fall River eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. 48% 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
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 37% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,083
Renter share81.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate43.5%
Median income$48,453

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 26 tracts In Fall River
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 130 tracts In Bristol County
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#180 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
National
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#6,676 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fall River and the region

Centroid at 41.6872, -71.1661 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fall River scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fall River
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
43.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,462 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fall River
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fall River
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fall River
7.4

How Fall River compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fall River risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.2This tracttract 6402016.8Fall Riverparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fall River

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 43%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10. Food insecurity runs 38.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Against the Bristol County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $48,453, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Average gross rent is $1,462, 27% above the Fall River average. Against Bristol County at 45.9%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Disability prevalence runs 46.0% against 31.5% nationally. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10. Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25005640201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005640201?

Census tract 25005640201 in Fall River scores 8.2/10 (High 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 25005640201?

Median gross rent is $1,462/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25005640201?

43.5% of residents in tract 25005640201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,892.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25005640201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 95th, minority 71th, housing 46th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 25005640201 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.5% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 25005640201 compare to Fall River overall?

Tract 25005640201 scores 8.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fall River at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fall River eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fall River

Top eight tracts in Fall River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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