Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Framingham Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25017383402 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,628
With a score of 8/10, tract 25017383402 in Framingham, MA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,628. Cost burden runs 56% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,380
Renter share56.6%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$67,572
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Framingham and the region
Centroid at 42.2847, -71.4060 · click any tract to drill in
Why Framingham scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
15.8% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.4%Food insecurity
- 24.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Framingham
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
It sits 1.7 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 24.4% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,750 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Framingham commands.
That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $67,572. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017383402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017383402?
Census tract 25017383402 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 25017383402?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017383402?
15.8% of residents in tract 25017383402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,628.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017383402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 55th, minority 70th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25017383402 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25017383402 compare to Framingham overall?
Tract 25017383402 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.
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25017383101
8
/ 10 · High
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25017383102
8
/ 10 · High
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25017383200
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25017383401
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25017383501
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25017384003
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25017383300
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25017383904
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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