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Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 25001010208 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25001010208 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 1,627

Barnstable anchors census tract 25001010208, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $94,637 a year. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 12% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,053
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$94,637

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#28 of 56 tracts In Barnstable County
Moderate
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#1,033 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
National
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#68,306 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Barnstable County and the region

Centroid at 42.0136, -70.0642 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 25001010208 scores 2.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How Tract 25001010208 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 25001010208 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.42.4This tracttract 010208County: 2.62.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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)

  • 7Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2016)
  • 4Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 25001010208

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Barnstable County average of 5.5 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2016.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25001010208

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001010208?

Census tract 25001010208 in Barnstable County scores 2.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25001010208?

5.9% of residents in tract 25001010208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,627.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 25001010208?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 8th, minority 0th, housing 37th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001010208?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001010208 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.93% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

What share of households in tract 25001010208 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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