Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Middleborough Center Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25023542301 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 3,750

Census tract 25023542301 covers part of Middleborough Center, MA, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,750. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 14% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units1,679

Renter share42.7%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate8.7%

Median income$96,058

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Middleborough Center and the region

Centroid at 41.8988, -70.9116 · click any tract to drill in

Why Middleborough Center scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Middleborough Center

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

8.7% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,652 rent vs county FMR

2.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Middleborough Center

8.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Middleborough Center

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Middleborough Center

7.3

How Middleborough Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

60%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation

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.

12.5%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
13.4%Food insecurity
16.5%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
19.7%Frequent mental distress
31.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Middleborough Center

67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Plymouth County average of 46.6%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.

It sits 1.9 points above the Plymouth County average of 5.2. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,652, close to the Middleborough Center average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $96,058. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25023542301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023542301?

Census tract 25023542301 in Middleborough Center scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25023542301?

Median gross rent is $1,652/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25023542301?

8.7% of residents in tract 25023542301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,750.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25023542301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 44th, minority 24th, housing 60th.

What share of households in tract 25023542301 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25023542301 compare to Middleborough Center overall?

Tract 25023542301 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Middleborough Center at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Middleborough Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Middleborough Center

Top eight tracts in Middleborough Center ranked by composite eviction-risk score.