Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25003935100 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25003935100 · Berkshire County, MA · pop 2,469
In Berkshire, census tract 25003935100 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,150 a month while the average household earns $94,167 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,016
Renter share15.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$94,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkshire County and the region
Centroid at 42.5041, -73.3160 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25003935100 scores 3.5
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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,150 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 25003935100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 23Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2009)
- 1Filings 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25003935100
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 Berkshire County average of 5.8 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25003935100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25003935100?
Census tract 25003935100 in Berkshire County scores 3.5/10 (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 25003935100?
Median gross rent is $1,150/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25003935100?
12.9% of residents in tract 25003935100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,469.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25003935100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 10th, minority 11th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25003935100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 25003935100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.92% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25003935100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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