Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25021413300 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,538
With a score of 6.1/10, tract 25021413300 in Norwood, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,197
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$138,125
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 42.1943, -71.2192 · 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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,279 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Norfolk County average of 48.1%. Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.3% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 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.
It tracks the Norfolk County average of 5.6 closely. Average gross rent is $2,279, close to the Norwood average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $138,125.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021413300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413300?
Census tract 25021413300 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 25021413300?
Median gross rent is $2,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413300?
7.1% of residents in tract 25021413300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,538.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 27th, minority 29th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413300 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021413300 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413300 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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