Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Medfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021406102 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,885 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Medfield
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 25021406102 in Medfield, MA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,885. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,304
Renter share6.2%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$242,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Medfield and the region
Centroid at 42.1698, -71.3000 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medfield scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Medfield
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,950 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Medfield
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Medfield
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Medfield
5.5
How Medfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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.
- 5.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 2.3%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Medfield
75% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Norfolk County average of 48.1%. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 6% 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.
Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $242,083, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.3 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021406102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021406102?
Census tract 25021406102 in Medfield scores 3.9/10 (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 average rent in tract 25021406102?
Median gross rent is $1,950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021406102?
1.8% of residents in tract 25021406102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,885.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021406102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 4th, minority 31th, housing 4th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021406102 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.4% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021406102 compare to Medfield overall?
Tract 25021406102 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Medfield at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Medfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Medfield
Top eight tracts in Medfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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