Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Greenfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25011041200 · Franklin County, MA · pop 3,100
25011041200 is a census tract in Greenfield, MA. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,421
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$58,860
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.6019, -72.5981 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenfield scores 6.8
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,273 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 106Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2010)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 500% 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenfield
Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.7/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 106 evictions over 13 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points above the Franklin County average of 5.9. At $1,273 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Greenfield commands. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Franklin County average of 50.0%.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 4.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #13,812 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25011041200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011041200?
Census tract 25011041200 in Greenfield scores 6.8/10 (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 25011041200?
Median gross rent is $1,273/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25011041200?
11.9% of residents in tract 25011041200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,100.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25011041200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 69th, minority 12th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011041200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011041200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.20% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25011041200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25011041200 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 25011041200 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Greenfield at 6.4/10. 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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Greenfield
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Massachusetts
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