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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

North Bellingham Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25021443106 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,024 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 25021443106 sits in the North Bellingham area of Bellingham, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. Population here is 6,024. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 8% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,349
Renter share29.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate0.5%
Median income$108,353

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In North Bellingham
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Bellingham
Very High
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#55 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
Elevated
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#766 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bellingham and the region

Centroid at 42.1212, -71.4651 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Bellingham scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bellingham
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
0.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,198 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellingham
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellingham
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellingham
5.8

How North Bellingham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Bellingham risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.2This tracttract 4431066.4Bellinghamparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 0Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Bellingham

Against Norfolk County at 48.1%, about three-quarters of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. At $2,198 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Bellingham commands.

Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $108,353.

29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021443106

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021443106?

Census tract 25021443106 in the North Bellingham neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 25021443106?

Median gross rent is $2,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021443106?

0.5% of residents in tract 25021443106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,024.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021443106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 59th, minority 44th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 25021443106 considered part of North Bellingham?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021443106 fall within North Bellingham (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25021443106 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25021443106 compare to Bellingham overall?

Tract 25021443106 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Bellingham at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellingham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bellingham

Top eight tracts in Bellingham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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