Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Taunton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005613100 · Bristol County, MA · pop 7,310
25005613100 is a census tract in Taunton, MA. It scores 6.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,310 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,748
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$82,851
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Taunton and the region
Centroid at 41.9533, -71.1232 · click any tract to drill in
Why Taunton scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Taunton
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Taunton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Taunton
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Taunton
6.8
How Taunton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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 1 yrs
- 4.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2016)
- 27Filings 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Taunton
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Bristol County average of 45.9%.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. It tracks the Bristol County average of 6.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,324, close to the Taunton average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $82,851.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005613100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005613100?
Census tract 25005613100 in Taunton scores 6.2/10 (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 25005613100?
Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005613100?
9.7% of residents in tract 25005613100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,310.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005613100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 41th, minority 55th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005613100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005613100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.97% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005613100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005613100 compare to Taunton overall?
Tract 25005613100 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Taunton at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Taunton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Taunton
Top eight tracts in Taunton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Weir Village
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Whittenton
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005613902
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Whittenton
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Weir Village
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005614102
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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