Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
West Falmouth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25001014402 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 7,399 · 12% of tract blocks fall in West Falmouth
Census tract 25001014402 covers part of West Falmouth, MA, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,964
Renter share8.1%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$103,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Falmouth and the region
Centroid at 41.6076, -70.6107 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Falmouth scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Falmouth
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,473 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Falmouth
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Falmouth
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Falmouth
5.1
How West Falmouth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 26Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2016)
- 14Filings 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Falmouth
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.3/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Barnstable County average of 48.4%.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,473, 16% below the West Falmouth average. Court records carry 26 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 25001014402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001014402?
Census tract 25001014402 in West Falmouth scores 4.4/10 (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 25001014402?
Median gross rent is $1,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001014402?
7.4% of residents in tract 25001014402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,399.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001014402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 29th, minority 24th, housing 2th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001014402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001014402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.65% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001014402 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001014402 compare to West Falmouth overall?
Tract 25001014402 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of West Falmouth at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Falmouth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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