Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Greenfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25011041000 · Franklin County, MA · pop 3,223
How risky is Greenfield for landlords? Census tract 25011041000 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $723 monthly, set against $67,639 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,413
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$67,639
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.6203, -72.6132 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenfield scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$723 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
7.7
How Greenfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 285Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.6%Peak (2013)
- 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 13 months.
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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 16.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenfield
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Greenfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Franklin County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 285 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.6% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25011041000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011041000?
Census tract 25011041000 in Greenfield scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 25011041000?
Median gross rent is $723/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25011041000?
16.6% of residents in tract 25011041000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,223.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25011041000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 98th, minority 27th, housing 54th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011041000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 285 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011041000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.01% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25011041000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25011041000 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 25011041000 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Greenfield at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Greenfield
Top eight tracts in Greenfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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