Census Tract · Ranked #19,399 of 84,120 nationally

Weymouth Town Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25021422401 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,248

The Moderate-tier score of 5.8/10 for census tract 25021422401 reflects conditions in Weymouth Town, Massachusetts. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,829 monthly, set against $72,988 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 25% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units1,690

Renter share70.8%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate10.5%

Median income$72,988

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Weymouth Town and the region

Centroid at 42.2116, -70.9530 · click any tract to drill in

Why Weymouth Town scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Weymouth Town

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

10.5% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$1,829 rent vs county FMR

1.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Weymouth Town

5.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Weymouth Town

5.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Weymouth Town

5.1

How Weymouth Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

78%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
98%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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.

12.2%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
15.1%Food insecurity
18.8%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
31.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Weymouth Town

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.7/10. 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 inherited from Weymouth Town eviction risk, 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 in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021422401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021422401?

Census tract 25021422401 in Weymouth Town scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25021422401?

Median gross rent is $1,829/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021422401?

10.5% of residents in tract 25021422401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,248.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021422401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 81th, minority 40th, housing 98th.

What share of households in tract 25021422401 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021422401 compare to Weymouth Town overall?

Tract 25021422401 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Weymouth Town at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Weymouth Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Weymouth Town

Top eight tracts in Weymouth Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.