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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Pittsfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25003900300 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 2,591

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 25003900300 in Pittsfield, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,591 residents. Cost burden runs 27% here against 46.7% across Berkshire County.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 26% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,182
Renter share35.8%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$76,786

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 11 tracts In Pittsfield
Low
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 40 tracts In Berkshire County
Moderate
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#940 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4680, -73.2420 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pittsfield scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pittsfield
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,660 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsfield
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsfield
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsfield
6.8

How Pittsfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pittsfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 9003006.1Pittsfieldparent city5.8Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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)

  • 166Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 6.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2015)
  • 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25003900300
Filings dropped 27% over the past 10 months.
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 Pittsfield

Average gross rent is $1,660, 46% above the Pittsfield average. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.2/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.6/10. Court records carry 166 eviction filings across 10 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 12.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Berkshire County average of 5.8 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25003900300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003900300?

Census tract 25003900300 in Pittsfield scores 5.5/10 (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 25003900300?

Median gross rent is $1,660/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25003900300?

4.7% of residents in tract 25003900300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,591.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25003900300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 19th, minority 37th, housing 16th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003900300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003900300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.21% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25003900300 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25003900300 compare to Pittsfield overall?

Tract 25003900300 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Pittsfield at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pittsfield

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

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