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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Fall River Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25005642400 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,147

With a score of 7/10, tract 25005642400 in Fall River, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,147. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 19% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,301
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$77,411

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 26 tracts In Fall River
Very Low
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 130 tracts In Bristol County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#554 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fall River and the region

Centroid at 41.7138, -71.1344 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fall River scores 7

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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 / state7.0This tracttract 6424006.8Fall Riverparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

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)

  • 32Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 5.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak (2016)
  • 32Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fall River

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Bristol County average of 45.9%.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Against the Bristol County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $77,411, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,089, close to the Fall River average. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 25005642400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005642400?

Census tract 25005642400 in Fall River scores 7/10 (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 25005642400?

Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25005642400?

9.5% of residents in tract 25005642400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,147.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25005642400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 80th, minority 25th, housing 91th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005642400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005642400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.91% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25005642400 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25005642400 compare to Fall River overall?

Tract 25005642400 scores 7/10, right in line with 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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