Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25021413202 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 2,463
Tract 25021413202 sits in Norwood eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It is home to 2,463 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units935
Renter share44.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$129,919
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.2060, -71.2010 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 6.1
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,787 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
Average gross rent is $2,787, 32% above the Norwood average. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters.
It tracks the Norfolk County average of 5.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $129,919.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021413202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413202?
Census tract 25021413202 in Norwood scores 6.1/10 (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 25021413202?
Median gross rent is $2,787/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413202?
6.4% of residents in tract 25021413202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,463.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 26th, minority 22th, housing 73th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413202 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021413202 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413202 scores 6.1/10, lower 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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