Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Acorn Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Franklin Town
Tract 25021442204 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,675 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 25021442204 sits in the Acorn Terrace area of Franklin Town eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 4,675. At $1,048 a month, rents run 45% under what the rest of Franklin Town commands.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,779
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$106,343
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Franklin Town and the region
Centroid at 42.0817, -71.3920 · click any tract to drill in
Why Acorn Terrace scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Franklin Town
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.0
How Acorn Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
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
Within Acorn Terrace. 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Acorn Terrace
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Norfolk County average of 48.1%. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $106,343, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 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 25021442204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021442204?
Census tract 25021442204 in the Acorn Terrace neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 25021442204?
Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021442204?
8.7% of residents in tract 25021442204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,675.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021442204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 50th, minority 23th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 25021442204 considered part of Acorn Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021442204 fall within Acorn Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021442204 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021442204 compare to Franklin Town overall?
Tract 25021442204 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Franklin Town at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Franklin 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 Franklin Town
Top eight tracts in Franklin Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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