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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally

Weir Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Taunton

Tract 25005613901 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,124 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 25005613901 sits in the Weir Village area of Taunton eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.5/10. It is home to 3,124 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10.

Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 32% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,352
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$62,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Weir Village
Elevated
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Taunton
Very High
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 130 tracts In Bristol County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#423 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Taunton and the region

Centroid at 41.8976, -71.1112 · click any tract to drill in

Why Weir Village scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Weir Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Weir Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.5This tracttract 6139016.1Tauntonparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 36Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 4.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2016)
  • 36Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Weir Village. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Weir Village

It sits 1.5 points above the Bristol County average of 6.0. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

SNAP participation runs 25.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.

The filing record is not thin: 36 evictions over 1 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,172, 11% below the Taunton average. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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 25005613901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005613901?

Census tract 25005613901 in the Weir Village neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 25005613901?

Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25005613901?

18.5% of residents in tract 25005613901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,124.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25005613901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 96th, minority 47th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 25005613901 considered part of Weir Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25005613901 fall within Weir Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005613901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005613901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.48% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25005613901 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25005613901 compare to Taunton overall?

Tract 25005613901 scores 7.5/10, 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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