Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Sharon Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021414100 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,724 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Sharon
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 25021414100 in Sharon, MA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,237
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$171,958
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sharon and the region
Centroid at 42.1201, -71.2037 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharon scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sharon
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,496 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sharon
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sharon
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sharon
5.3
How Sharon 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.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 5.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.8%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 2.3%No health insurance
- 11.6%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sharon
65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Norfolk County average of 48.1%. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.8 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. Food insecurity runs 5.8% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $171,958, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.4 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021414100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021414100?
Census tract 25021414100 in Sharon scores 3.8/10 (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 average rent in tract 25021414100?
Median gross rent is $2,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021414100?
1.3% of residents in tract 25021414100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021414100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 12th, minority 56th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021414100 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.4% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021414100 compare to Sharon overall?
Tract 25021414100 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Sharon at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sharon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sharon
Top eight tracts in Sharon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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