Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25005650400 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,735
With a score of 8/10, tract 25005650400 in New Bedford, MA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,735 residents. 24% 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
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,668
Renter share67.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$60,179
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6696, -70.9229 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Bedford scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Bedford
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Bedford
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Bedford
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Bedford
6.5
How New Bedford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 67Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2016)
- 67Filings 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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 29.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
It sits 2.0 points above the Bristol County average of 6.0. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2/10. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
SNAP participation runs 29.3% against 15.2% nationally. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Bristol County average of 45.9%.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 67 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,134, close to the New Bedford average.
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 25005650400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005650400?
Census tract 25005650400 in New Bedford scores 8/10 (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 25005650400?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005650400?
21.2% of residents in tract 25005650400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,735.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005650400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 92th, minority 45th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005650400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 67 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005650400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.57% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005650400 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005650400 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005650400 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of New Bedford at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Bedford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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