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Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Framingham Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25017384003 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,583

Tract 25017384003 sits in Framingham eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 5,583 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 29% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,702
Renter share63.1%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$94,088

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 16 tracts In Framingham
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#457 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10,727 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Framingham and the region

Centroid at 42.2878, -71.4698 · click any tract to drill in

Why Framingham scores 7.4

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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,157 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 / state7.4This tracttract 3840036.6Framinghamparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

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

Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 54% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.5% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,157, close to the Framingham average.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $94,088. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017384003

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017384003?

Census tract 25017384003 in Framingham scores 7.4/10 (Elevated 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 25017384003?

Median gross rent is $2,157/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017384003?

9.6% of residents in tract 25017384003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,583.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017384003?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 16th, minority 56th, housing 81th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 25017384003 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 25017384003 compare to Framingham overall?

Tract 25017384003 scores 7.4/10, 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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