Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Smith Mills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25005653101 · Bristol County, MA · pop 6,780 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Smith Mills
Census tract 25005653101 sits in Smith Mills in Bristol County, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. On the national scale it ranks #21,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $826 monthly, set against $76,324 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,960
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$76,324
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smith Mills and the region
Centroid at 41.6484, -71.0120 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smith Mills scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smith Mills
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$826 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smith Mills
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smith Mills
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smith Mills
5.3
How Smith Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 17Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2016)
- 17Filings 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smith Mills
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Smith Mills, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bristol County average of 6.2 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 17 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005653101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005653101?
Census tract 25005653101 in Smith Mills scores 3/10 (Lower 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 25005653101?
Median gross rent is $826/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005653101?
7.5% of residents in tract 25005653101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,780.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005653101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 69th, minority 24th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005653101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005653101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.65% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005653101 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005653101 compare to Smith Mills overall?
Tract 25005653101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Smith Mills at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smith Mills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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