Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Bridgewater Town Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25023561400 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 6,164

Tract 25023561400 sits in Bridgewater Town eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It is home to 6,164 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 12% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units2,666

Renter share30.7%

SVI overall0.48

Poverty rate6.5%

Median income$78,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bridgewater Town and the region

Centroid at 42.0004, -70.9513 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bridgewater Town scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Bridgewater Town

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

6.5% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,958 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Bridgewater Town

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Bridgewater Town

5.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Bridgewater Town

5.3

How Bridgewater Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

36%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
29%Racial/ethnic minority
57%Housing & transportation

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.

10.6%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
30.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bridgewater Town

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Plymouth County average of 46.6%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.

On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. It tracks the Plymouth County average of 5.2 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,958, close to the Bridgewater Town average. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $78,542. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 25023561400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023561400?

Census tract 25023561400 in Bridgewater Town scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25023561400?

Median gross rent is $1,958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25023561400?

6.5% of residents in tract 25023561400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,164.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023561400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 69th, minority 29th, housing 57th.

What share of households in tract 25023561400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25023561400 compare to Bridgewater Town overall?

Tract 25023561400 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgewater Town at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bridgewater Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bridgewater Town

Top eight tracts in Bridgewater Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.