Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25021441203 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021441203 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,671
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 25021441203 reflects conditions in Norfolk in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $127,784 a year. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share18.0%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$127,784
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk County and the region
Centroid at 42.0532, -71.3081 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25021441203 scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25021441203 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25021441203
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021441203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021441203?
Census tract 25021441203 in Norfolk County scores 1.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25021441203?
4.9% of residents in tract 25021441203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,671.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021441203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 60th, minority 24th, housing 57th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 25021441203 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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