Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Fall River Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25005641600 · Bristol County, MA · pop 2,312
With a score of 8.2/10, tract 25005641600 in Fall River, MA reads high for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,081
Renter share43.8%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$52,468
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fall River and the region
Centroid at 41.6890, -71.1227 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fall River scores 8.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,260 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 12Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2016)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.7%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fall River
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. It sits 2.2 points above the Bristol County average of 6.0.
Cost burden runs 55% here against 45.9% across Bristol County. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.
SNAP participation runs 24.3% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 12 evictions over 1 years of observation. At $1,260 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Fall River commands.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005641600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005641600?
Census tract 25005641600 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 25005641600?
Median gross rent is $1,260/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005641600?
22.4% of residents in tract 25005641600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,312.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005641600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 91th, minority 28th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005641600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005641600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.47% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005641600 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005641600 compare to Fall River overall?
Tract 25005641600 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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25005640201
8.2
/ 10 · High
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25005640202
8.2
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25005641900
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005642000
8.2
/ 10 · High
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25005642100
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005640500
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005642200
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005640600
8.2
/ 10 · High
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