Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25003931300 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25003931300 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 1,416
Census tract 25003931300 covers Berkshire in Berkshire County, home to 1,416 residents. For landlords it grades 4.9/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $798 a month while the average household earns $75,694 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units681
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$75,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkshire County and the region
Centroid at 42.6277, -73.0154 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25003931300 scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$798 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 25003931300 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 22Total filings over 8 yrs
- 4.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.3%Peak (2008)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25003931300
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 below the Berkshire County average of 5.8 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 22 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.3% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003931300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003931300?
Census tract 25003931300 in Berkshire County scores 3.6/10 (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 25003931300?
Median gross rent is $798/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003931300?
9.8% of residents in tract 25003931300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003931300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 30th, minority 4th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003931300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 25003931300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.83% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003931300 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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