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Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Greenfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25011041400 · Franklin County, MA · pop 2,718

Census tract 25011041400 belongs to Greenfield, Massachusetts. It is home to 2,718 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #26,648 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $848 a month while the average household earns $36,952 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 30% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,178
Renter share72.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$36,952

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Greenfield
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 19 tracts In Franklin County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#124 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Very High
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#8,912 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenfield and the region

Centroid at 42.5819, -72.6125 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenfield scores 6.3

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
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$848 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.
Greenfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 041400Greenfield: 6.16.1Greenfieldparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 557Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 6.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.3%Peak (2013)
  • 62Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 250110414002004: 18 filings (2.60/100 renter HHs)2005: 16 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2006: 18 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)2007: 23 filings (3.66/100 renter HHs)2008: 42 filings (6.68/100 renter HHs)2009: 38 filings (6.04/100 renter HHs)2010: 41 filings (5.92/100 renter HHs)2011: 54 filings (7.39/100 renter HHs)2012: 56 filings (7.66/100 renter HHs)2013: 68 filings (9.30/100 renter HHs)2014: 61 filings (8.34/100 renter HHs)2015: 60 filings (8.21/100 renter HHs)2016: 62 filings (8.95/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 244% 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.

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 in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.5% 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 25011041400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011041400?

Census tract 25011041400 in Greenfield scores 6.3/10 (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 25011041400?

Median gross rent is $848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25011041400?

21.6% of residents in tract 25011041400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,718.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25011041400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 98th, minority 37th, housing 74th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011041400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 557 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011041400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.17% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25011041400 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.2% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25011041400 compare to Greenfield overall?

Tract 25011041400 scores 6.3/10, right in line with 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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