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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Braintree Town Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25021419300 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,168

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 25021419300 in Braintree Town, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,168 residents. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,527
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$102,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Braintree Town
High
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#87 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
Moderate
Within state
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#1,134 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Braintree Town and the region

Centroid at 42.2276, -70.9852 · click any tract to drill in

Why Braintree Town scores 4.9

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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,435 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Braintree Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Braintree Town risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 4193004.6Braintree Townparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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 Braintree Town

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,435, 29% below the Braintree Town average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County. It sits 0.7 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Quincy. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $102,750, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021419300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021419300?

Census tract 25021419300 in Braintree Town scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 25021419300?

Median gross rent is $1,435/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021419300?

5.8% of residents in tract 25021419300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,168.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021419300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 75th, minority 50th, housing 40th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 25021419300 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 25021419300 compare to Braintree Town overall?

Tract 25021419300 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Braintree Town at 4.6/10. 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.
Q7

Was tract 25021419300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Braintree Town

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

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