Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Kingston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25023509102 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 6,566 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Kingston
Census tract 25023509102 covers part of Kingston, MA, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,566 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,719
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$116,086
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingston and the region
Centroid at 42.0034, -70.7426 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingston scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingston
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,199 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingston
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingston
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingston
4.6
How Kingston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 9Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingston
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
At $1,199 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Kingston commands. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Plymouth County average of 46.6%. It sits 1.5 points below the Plymouth County average of 5.2.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 9 filings here across 1 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 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 25023509102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023509102?
Census tract 25023509102 in Kingston scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 25023509102?
Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023509102?
3.7% of residents in tract 25023509102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,566.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023509102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 53th, minority 6th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023509102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023509102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.84% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023509102 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023509102 compare to Kingston overall?
Tract 25023509102 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Kingston at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kingston
Top eight tracts in Kingston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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