Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Taunton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25005613400 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,764
Tract 25005613400 sits in Taunton eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.6/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,563
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$101,201
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Taunton and the region
Centroid at 41.8879, -71.1456 · click any tract to drill in
Why Taunton scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Taunton
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Taunton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Taunton
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Taunton
6.8
How Taunton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 20Total filings over 1 yrs
- 8.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2016)
- 20Filings 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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Taunton
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
At $1,068 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Taunton commands. The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 8.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $101,201, annual rent is just 13%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005613400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005613400?
Census tract 25005613400 in Taunton scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 25005613400?
Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005613400?
9.1% of residents in tract 25005613400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,764.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005613400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 64th, minority 36th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005613400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005613400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.81% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005613400 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005613400 compare to Taunton overall?
Tract 25005613400 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Taunton at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Taunton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Taunton
Top eight tracts in Taunton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Whittenton
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005613902
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Whittenton
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Weir Village
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005613100
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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