Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Framingham Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017383402 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,628

Here is how census tract 25017383402, in Framingham eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,628. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,750 monthly, set against $67,572 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Framingham and the region

Centroid at 42.2847, -71.4060 · click any tract to drill in

Why Framingham scores 4.4

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

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

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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 heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Framingham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 18.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.9% 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 25017383402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017383402?

Census tract 25017383402 in Framingham scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 25017383402 compare to Framingham overall?

Tract 25017383402 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Framingham at 5.7/10. 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org