Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005650202 · Bristol County, MA · pop 2,121
25005650202 is a census tract in New Bedford, MA. It scores 7/10 for landlords. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Bristol County average of 45.9%.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$76,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6740, -70.9355 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Bedford scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Bedford
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,044 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Bedford
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Bedford
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Bedford
6.5
How New Bedford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 20Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2016)
- 20Filings 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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 23.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Bristol County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 1 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 23.5% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.2% of renter households were served.
At $1,044 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of New Bedford commands. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $76,500, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005650202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005650202?
Census tract 25005650202 in New Bedford scores 7/10 (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 25005650202?
Median gross rent is $1,044/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005650202?
12.1% of residents in tract 25005650202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,121.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005650202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 86th, minority 41th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005650202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005650202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.19% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005650202 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005650202 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005650202 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of New Bedford at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Bedford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Bedford
Top eight tracts in New Bedford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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