Within parent city
7
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
New Bedford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25005652100 · Bristol County, MA · pop 3,198
25005652100 is a census tract in New Bedford, MA. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,198 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,220
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$71,686
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.6277, -70.9339 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Bedford scores 6.3
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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,184 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: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 22Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2016)
- 22Filings 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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 18.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Bedford
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 22 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.
It tracks the Bristol County average of 6.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,184, close to the New Bedford average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $71,686.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005652100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005652100?
Census tract 25005652100 in New Bedford 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 25005652100?
Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005652100?
3.7% of residents in tract 25005652100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,198.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005652100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 46th, minority 47th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005652100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005652100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.76% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005652100 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005652100 compare to New Bedford overall?
Tract 25005652100 scores 6.3/10, lower 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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