Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
North Adams Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25003921400 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 1,398
Census tract 25003921400 covers part of North Adams, MA, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,398 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units742
Renter share41.6%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$50,227
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Adams and the region
Centroid at 42.6756, -73.1181 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Adams scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Adams
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$882 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Adams
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Adams
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Adams
8.0
How North Adams compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 194Total filings over 10 yrs
- 6.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2014)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 18.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Adams
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
It sits 1.0 points above the Berkshire County average of 5.8. Court records carry 194 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
At $882 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of North Adams commands. Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $50,227. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003921400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003921400?
Census tract 25003921400 in North Adams scores 6.8/10 (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 25003921400?
Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003921400?
8.7% of residents in tract 25003921400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003921400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 79th, minority 24th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003921400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 25003921400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.27% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003921400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25003921400 compare to North Adams overall?
Tract 25003921400 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of North Adams at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Adams; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in North Adams
Top eight tracts in North Adams ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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