Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Framingham Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017383600 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,959
Census tract 25017383600 belongs to Framingham in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is home to 5,959 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,915 a month while the average household earns $113,764 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,323
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$113,764
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Framingham and the region
Centroid at 42.3055, -71.4160 · click any tract to drill in
Why Framingham scores 2.9
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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,915 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 178Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2013)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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
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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%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 below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 64th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017383600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017383600?
Census tract 25017383600 in Framingham scores 2.9/10 (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 25017383600?
Median gross rent is $1,915/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017383600?
7.2% of residents in tract 25017383600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,959.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017383600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 75th, minority 55th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017383600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 178 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017383600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.08% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017383600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017383600 compare to Framingham overall?
Tract 25017383600 scores 2.9/10, 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.
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25017383102
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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25017383501
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25017383101
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25017383402
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25017383200
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25017383401
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25017384003
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
25017383904
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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