Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Turners Falls Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25011040702 · Franklin County, MA · pop 4,606 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Turners Falls
Tract 25011040702 sits in Turners Falls, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 4,606. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,894
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$89,342
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Turners Falls and the region
Centroid at 42.5525, -72.5144 · click any tract to drill in
Why Turners Falls scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Turners Falls
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,462 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Turners Falls
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Turners Falls
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Turners Falls
6.5
How Turners Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 117Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2011)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 120% 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Turners Falls
The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.7/10. Against Franklin County at 50.0%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
Average gross rent is $1,462, 31% above the Turners Falls average. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 117 evictions over 13 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 6.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25011040702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011040702?
Census tract 25011040702 in Turners Falls 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 25011040702?
Median gross rent is $1,462/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25011040702?
9.3% of residents in tract 25011040702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25011040702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 43th, minority 7th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011040702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 117 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011040702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.23% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25011040702 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25011040702 compare to Turners Falls overall?
Tract 25011040702 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Turners Falls at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Turners Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Turners Falls
Top eight tracts in Turners Falls ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Parent city ↑
Turners Falls
6.1 / 10
Parent county ↑
Franklin County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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5.3 / 10
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4.9 / 10
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