Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Franklin Town Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021442103 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 7,229
Tract 25021442103 sits in Franklin Town eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 7,229 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units2,350
Renter share0.6%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$195,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Franklin Town and the region
Centroid at 42.1177, -71.4037 · click any tract to drill in
Why Franklin Town scores 3.7
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
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Franklin Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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
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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Franklin Town
It sits 1.9 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6. Food insecurity runs 6.2% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021442103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021442103?
Census tract 25021442103 in Franklin Town scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 25021442103?
1.3% of residents in tract 25021442103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,229.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021442103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 49th, minority 21th, housing 1th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 25021442103 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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.
Q5
How does tract 25021442103 compare to Franklin Town overall?
Tract 25021442103 scores 3.7/10, lower 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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