Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25021413401 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,393
With a score of 6.8/10, tract 25021413401 in Norwood, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,393. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,573
Renter share44.4%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$96,651
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.1887, -71.2065 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 6.8
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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,707 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: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.1/10.
It sits 1.2 points above the Norfolk County average of 5.6. Average gross rent is $1,707, 19% below the Norwood average. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, 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 25021413401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413401?
Census tract 25021413401 in Norwood scores 6.8/10 (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 25021413401?
Median gross rent is $1,707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413401?
4.5% of residents in tract 25021413401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 10th, minority 30th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413401 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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 25021413401 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413401 scores 6.8/10, 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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