Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Braintree Town Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25021419800 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,402
25021419800 is a census tract in Braintree Town, MA. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,402. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.3/10.
Risk score
5.3
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.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
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 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
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
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
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Norfolk County average of 48.1%. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,788 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Braintree Town commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Braintree. 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 #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 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 25021419800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021419800?
Census tract 25021419800 in Braintree Town scores 5.3/10 (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 25021419800?
Median gross rent is $1,788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
How does tract 25021419800 compare to Braintree Town overall?
Tract 25021419800 scores 5.3/10, 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 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.
Tract · MA
Teaberry
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25021419300
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25021419400
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25021419200
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25021419100
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25021419500
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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Liberty Heights
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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Buckingham Place
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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