Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25005650700 · Bristol County, MA · pop 2,586
With a score of 8/10, tract 25005650700 in New Bedford, MA reads high for landlord eviction risk. 44% 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 54%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,133
Renter share91.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate39.5%
Median income$27,519
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6596, -70.9223 · 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
39.5% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$1,084 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 8.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%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.
- 37.0%Housing insecurity
- 23.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.1%Food insecurity
- 51.6%SNAP enrollment
- 23.7%Transit barriers
- 24.0%No health insurance
- 24.7%Frequent mental distress
- 44.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.9/10. SNAP participation runs 51.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Set annual rent against average income of $27,519 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Cost burden runs 60% here against 45.9% across Bristol County. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Bristol County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.2% against 31.5% nationally.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 67 evictions over 1 years of observation.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005650700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005650700?
Census tract 25005650700 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 25005650700?
Median gross rent is $1,084/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005650700?
39.5% of residents in tract 25005650700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,586.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005650700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 59th, minority 79th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005650700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 67 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005650700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.67% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005650700 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.0% 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. 23.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005650700 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005650700 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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Highest-risk tracts in New Bedford
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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