Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Northfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25011040300 · Franklin County, MA · pop 2,871 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Northfield
Census tract 25011040300 belongs to Northfield, Massachusetts. It is home to 2,871 residents and scores 5.3/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,189 a month while the average household earns $102,470 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,271
Renter share11.7%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$102,470
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northfield and the region
Centroid at 42.6771, -72.4539 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northfield scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,189 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northfield
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northfield
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northfield
7.6
How Northfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 44Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2011)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northfield
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk 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 Northfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 44 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.2% of renter households in 2011.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% 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 25011040300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011040300?
Census tract 25011040300 in Northfield scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 25011040300?
Median gross rent is $1,189/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25011040300?
8.4% of residents in tract 25011040300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,871.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25011040300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 24th, minority 16th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011040300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 25011040300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25011040300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25011040300 compare to Northfield overall?
Tract 25011040300 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Northfield at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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