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Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Greenfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25011041301 · Franklin County, MA · pop 2,717

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 25011041301 in Greenfield, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.7/10.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 28% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,348
Renter share59.5%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate23.9%
Median income$50,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Greenfield
Elevated
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 19 tracts In Franklin County
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#356 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#9,043 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenfield and the region

Centroid at 42.5933, -72.6036 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenfield scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
23.9% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,127 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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.
Greenfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 0413016.4Greenfieldparent city5.9Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenfield

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. It sits 1.9 points above the Franklin County average of 5.9.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

SNAP participation runs 22.8% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 52% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,127, close to the Greenfield average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $50,000. 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25011041301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011041301?

Census tract 25011041301 in Greenfield scores 7.8/10 (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 25011041301?

Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25011041301?

23.9% of residents in tract 25011041301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,717.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25011041301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 80th, minority 15th, housing 67th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 25011041301 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 25011041301 compare to Greenfield overall?

Tract 25011041301 scores 7.8/10, 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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