Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25001015002 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25001015002 · Barnstable County, MA · pop 4,092
Census tract 25001015002 runs through Barnstable. With 4,092 residents, it scores 5.3/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,549 monthly, set against $84,395 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,822
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$84,395
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Barnstable County and the region
Centroid at 41.6361, -70.5110 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25001015002 scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 25001015002 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 27Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2015)
- 12Filings 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25001015002
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 about the same as 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 32nd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25001015002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25001015002?
Census tract 25001015002 in Barnstable County scores 2.6/10 (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 average rent in tract 25001015002?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25001015002?
6.3% of residents in tract 25001015002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25001015002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 52th, minority 41th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25001015002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25001015002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.75% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25001015002 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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