Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25005650800 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,678
25005650800 is a census tract in New Bedford, MA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,676
Renter share80.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate34.2%
Median income$40,104
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 41.6601, -70.9334 · 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
34.2% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$1,017 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 74%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)
- 54Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2016)
- 54Filings 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.
- 31.1%Housing insecurity
- 21.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.5%Food insecurity
- 49.5%SNAP enrollment
- 21.2%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 25.6%Frequent mental distress
- 46.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
Food insecurity runs 40.5% against 17.8% nationally. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.3/10.
This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 34%. 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 hot, economic stress reads 8.5/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against Bristol County at 45.9%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 54 evictions over 1 years of observation. At $1,017 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of New Bedford commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.5% of renter households were served.
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 25005650800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005650800?
Census tract 25005650800 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 25005650800?
Median gross rent is $1,017/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005650800?
34.2% of residents in tract 25005650800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,678.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005650800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 98th, minority 74th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005650800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005650800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.53% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005650800 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.1% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005650800 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005650800 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Bedford
Top eight tracts in New Bedford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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