Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Taunton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005613902 · Bristol County, MA · pop 5,437
With a score of 7/10, tract 25005613902 in Taunton, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 37%. 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 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,033
Renter share22.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$67,390
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Taunton and the region
Centroid at 41.8728, -71.1137 · click any tract to drill in
Why Taunton scores 7
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
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,217 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 22Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2016)
- 22Filings 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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 21.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Taunton
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.
Against the Bristol County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
Court records carry 22 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.7% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,217, 8% below the Taunton average. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. roughly one in two of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $67,390.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005613902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005613902?
Census tract 25005613902 in Taunton 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 25005613902?
Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005613902?
14.3% of residents in tract 25005613902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,437.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005613902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 58th, minority 34th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005613902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005613902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.71% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005613902 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005613902 compare to Taunton overall?
Tract 25005613902 scores 7/10, higher 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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Whittenton
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Whittenton
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Weir Village
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005613100
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005613400
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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