Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005651001 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,027
Census tract 25005651001 covers part of New Bedford, MA, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.9/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,178
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$82,692
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6544, -70.9575 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Bedford scores 6.5
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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 23Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2016)
- 23Filings 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
Against Bristol County at 45.9%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The filing record is not thin: 23 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 4.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Bristol County average of 6.0 closely. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005651001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005651001?
Census tract 25005651001 in New Bedford scores 6.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25005651001?
7.8% of residents in tract 25005651001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,027.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005651001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 75th, minority 38th, housing 76th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005651001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005651001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.62% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25005651001 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25005651001 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005651001 scores 6.5/10, 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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Satellite Village
8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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25005651800
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005651900
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005650400
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005652000
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
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8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25005650700
8
/ 10 · High
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