Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Whittenton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Taunton
Tract 25005613700 · Bristol County, MA · pop 4,454 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
25005613700 is a census tract in the Whittenton area of Taunton, MA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,454 residents. Against Bristol County at 45.9%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,072
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$66,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Taunton and the region
Centroid at 41.9086, -71.0812 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittenton scores 6.6
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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Whittenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 41Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2016)
- 41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whittenton. 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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 19.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittenton
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 41 evictions over 1 years of observation. At $1,496 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Taunton commands.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Bristol County average of 6.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $66,938. 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005613700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005613700?
Census tract 25005613700 in the Whittenton neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 25005613700?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005613700?
10.0% of residents in tract 25005613700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005613700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 66th, minority 43th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 25005613700 considered part of Whittenton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25005613700 fall within Whittenton (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005613700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005613700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.10% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25005613700 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25005613700 compare to Taunton overall?
Tract 25005613700 scores 6.6/10, 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.
Tract · MA
Whittenton
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005613902
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Weir Village
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005613100
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005614102
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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