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Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Brewster Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25001010900 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 5,354 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Brewster

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 25001010900 in Brewster, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,354 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 9% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,461
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$91,318

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Brewster
Very High
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 56 tracts In Barnstable County
Elevated
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#1,016 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,336 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brewster and the region

Centroid at 41.7461, -70.0355 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brewster scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brewster
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$996 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brewster
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brewster
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brewster
4.8

How Brewster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brewster risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0109004.6Brewsterparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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)

  • 21Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2016)
  • 16Filings 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 Brewster

Against Barnstable County at 48.4%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Average gross rent is $996, 22% below the Brewster average. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 3.1/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 21 filings here across 2 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.5% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10.

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 25001010900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001010900?

Census tract 25001010900 in Brewster scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 25001010900?

Median gross rent is $996/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25001010900?

12.2% of residents in tract 25001010900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,354.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25001010900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 18th, minority 12th, housing 69th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001010900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001010900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.23% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25001010900 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25001010900 compare to Brewster overall?

Tract 25001010900 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Brewster at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brewster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brewster

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

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