Census Tract · Ranked #30,697 of 84,120 nationally

Braintree Town Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25021419800 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,402

For landlords sizing up Braintree Town in Norfolk County, census tract 25021419800 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #39,327 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,788 a month against an average household income of $89,868 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 17% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units1,740

Renter share27.8%

SVI overall0.51

Poverty rate7.1%

Median income$89,868

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Braintree Town and the region

Centroid at 42.2006, -71.0226 · click any tract to drill in

Why Braintree Town scores 5.5

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

7.1% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,788 rent vs county FMR

1.3

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

36%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
43%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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 · 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.

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.

8.9%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
11.6%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
26.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Braintree Town

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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% 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 25021419800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021419800?

Census tract 25021419800 in Braintree Town scores 5.5/10 (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 25021419800?

Median gross rent is $1,788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021419800?

7.1% of residents in tract 25021419800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,402.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021419800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 55th, minority 43th, housing 67th.

What share of households in tract 25021419800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021419800 compare to Braintree Town overall?

Tract 25021419800 scores 5.5/10, higher 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.

Was tract 25021419800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.