Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Fall River Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005640600 · Bristol County, MA · pop 4,554
Fall River anchors census tract 25005640600, which lands at 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $987 a month while the average household earns $43,783 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,097
Renter share67.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$43,783
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fall River and the region
Centroid at 41.6879, -71.1537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fall River scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fall River
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$987 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fall River
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fall River
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fall River
7.4
How Fall River compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 59Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2016)
- 59Filings 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.
- 23.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.2%Food insecurity
- 38.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 24.5%Frequent mental distress
- 40.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fall River
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 inherited from Fall River eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bristol County average of 6.2 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 59 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.3% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005640600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005640600?
Census tract 25005640600 in Fall River scores 6.3/10 (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 25005640600?
Median gross rent is $987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005640600?
26.0% of residents in tract 25005640600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005640600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 98th, minority 40th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005640600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005640600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005640600 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.5% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005640600 compare to Fall River overall?
Tract 25005640600 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fall River at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fall River eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fall River
Top eight tracts in Fall River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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25005641300
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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25005641400
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005640202
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005641000
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005641101
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005641200
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005640201
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25005642000
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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