Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005650300 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,334
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 25005650300 in New Bedford, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,334 residents. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,376
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$86,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
National
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6810, -70.9228 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Bedford scores 6.4
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,180 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 2.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
Cost burden runs around a third here against 45.9% across Bristol County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $86,667, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Bristol County average of 6.0 closely.
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 25005650300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005650300?
Census tract 25005650300 in New Bedford scores 6.4/10 (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 25005650300?
Median gross rent is $1,180/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005650300?
8.2% of residents in tract 25005650300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005650300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 76th, minority 27th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005650300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005650300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.79% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005650300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005650300 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005650300 scores 6.4/10, right in line with 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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