Neighborhood · Ranked #41,480 of 84,120 nationally

Liberty Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Braintree Town

Tract 25021419700 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,476 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

In the Liberty Heights area of Braintree Town, census tract 25021419700 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,982 a month against an average household income of $168,777 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 7% Owners 89%

Tract context

Occupied units1,798

Renter share10.8%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate2.1%

Median income$168,777

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Braintree Town and the region

Centroid at 42.1919, -71.0017 · click any tract to drill in

Why Liberty Heights scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Braintree Town

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

2.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,982 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Braintree Town

5.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Braintree Town

5.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Braintree Town

5.0

How Liberty Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

10%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
69%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

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.

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.

6.6%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
8.1%SNAP enrollment
4.9%Transit barriers
3.2%No health insurance
13.0%Frequent mental distress
24.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Liberty Heights

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 5.7/10. 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 Braintree Town eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% 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 25021419700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021419700?

Census tract 25021419700 in the Liberty Heights neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 25021419700?

Median gross rent is $1,982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021419700?

2.1% of residents in tract 25021419700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,476.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021419700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 37th, minority 50th, housing 69th.

Is tract 25021419700 considered part of Liberty Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021419700 fall within Liberty Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25021419700 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021419700 compare to Braintree Town overall?

Tract 25021419700 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Braintree Town at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Braintree Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Braintree Town

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