Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
South Yarmouth Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25001012002 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 2,714
25001012002 is a census tract in South Yarmouth, MA. It scores 7/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,714 residents. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,414
Renter share29.4%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$76,161
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Yarmouth and the region
Centroid at 41.6544, -70.2047 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Yarmouth scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Yarmouth
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,097 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Yarmouth
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Yarmouth
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Yarmouth
6.9
How South Yarmouth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 23%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)
- 54Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2016)
- 28Filings 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Yarmouth
Average gross rent is $1,097, 39% below the South Yarmouth average. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Cost burden runs 62% here against 48.4% across Barnstable County. Against the Barnstable County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10.
The filing record is not thin: 54 evictions over 2 years of observation. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 6.9/10.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 4.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $76,161, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 25001012002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001012002?
Census tract 25001012002 in South Yarmouth scores 7/10 (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 25001012002?
Median gross rent is $1,097/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001012002?
13.6% of residents in tract 25001012002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,714.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001012002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 76th, minority 23th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001012002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001012002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.19% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001012002 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001012002 compare to South Yarmouth overall?
Tract 25001012002 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of South Yarmouth at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Yarmouth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Yarmouth
Top eight tracts in South Yarmouth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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