Skip to content
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Framingham Eviction Risk: High

Tract 25017383200 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,361

With a score of 8/10, tract 25017383200 in Framingham, MA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,361. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 28% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,046
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$89,671

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 16 tracts In Framingham
Very High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#64 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#213 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
National
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#7,836 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Framingham and the region

Centroid at 42.2684, -71.4289 · click any tract to drill in

Why Framingham scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Framingham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,976 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Framingham
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Framingham
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Framingham
6.5

How Framingham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Framingham risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 3832006.6Framinghamparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 164Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2015)
  • 37Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017383200
Filings climbed 23% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 0Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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 Framingham

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

Cost burden runs about half here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 164 filings here across 5 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 23.2% against 15.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,976, close to the Framingham average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017383200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017383200?

Census tract 25017383200 in Framingham scores 8/10 (High 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 25017383200?

Median gross rent is $1,976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017383200?

16.3% of residents in tract 25017383200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,361.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017383200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 77th, minority 76th, housing 80th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017383200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 164 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017383200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25017383200 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.0% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25017383200 compare to Framingham overall?

Tract 25017383200 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Framingham at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Framingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Framingham

Top eight tracts in Framingham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related