Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005650500 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,417
25005650500 is a census tract in New Bedford, MA. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.5/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,777
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$60,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6692, -70.9335 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Bedford scores 7.3
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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,054 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: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 19Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2016)
- 19Filings 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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.3%Food insecurity
- 23.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.9% across Bristol County. It sits 1.3 points above the Bristol County average of 6.0.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 19 filings here across 1 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 23.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005650500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005650500?
Census tract 25005650500 in New Bedford scores 7.3/10 (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 25005650500?
Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005650500?
10.5% of residents in tract 25005650500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005650500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 89th, minority 54th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005650500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005650500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.25% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005650500 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005650500 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005650500 scores 7.3/10, 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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