Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Woods Hole Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25001014900 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 3,734 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Woods Hole
Census tract 25001014900 covers part of Woods Hole, MA, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,734. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,840
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$107,308
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woods Hole and the region
Centroid at 41.5458, -70.6380 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woods Hole scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woods Hole
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,216 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woods Hole
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woods Hole
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woods Hole
4.1
How Woods Hole compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 13Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2015)
- 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.
- 4.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 2.7%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woods Hole
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 48.4% across Barnstable County.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 13 evictions over 2 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $107,308, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25001014900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001014900?
Census tract 25001014900 in Woods Hole scores 4.5/10 (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 25001014900?
Median gross rent is $1,216/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001014900?
6.9% of residents in tract 25001014900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,734.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001014900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 43th, minority 12th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001014900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001014900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.28% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001014900 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.9% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25001014900 compare to Woods Hole overall?
Tract 25001014900 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Woods Hole at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woods Hole; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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