Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25021413201 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,413
25021413201 is a census tract in Norwood, MA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,413 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,135
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$82,719
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.2003, -71.1908 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norwood
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,448 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norwood
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norwood
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norwood
5.6
How Norwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. At $1,448 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Norwood commands.
16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
Cost burden runs 42% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $82,719. 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021413201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413201?
Census tract 25021413201 in Norwood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 25021413201?
Median gross rent is $1,448/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413201?
8.9% of residents in tract 25021413201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,413.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 43th, minority 24th, housing 87th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413201 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021413201 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413201 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Norwood at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norwood
Top eight tracts in Norwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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