1 census tracts · pop 4,431 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10
· range 6.4–6.4
Staples Corner maps to a single census tract in North Lakeville, MA and houses 4,431 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.4/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a North Lakeville baseline of 36.9%, 74% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions logged in this tract.
3.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.7% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.8% of adults, 8.0 points below the national rate.
Judgments average 0.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Average gross rent runs $1,867, close to the North Lakeville average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $102,628.
32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 6.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Staples Corner vs North LakevilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority15%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Staples Corner
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
8Total filings (sum)
1.71%Avg annual filing rate
1.7%Peak year (2016)
1.71%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Staples Corner
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.3%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility shutoff threat
9.8%Food insecurity
11.4%SNAP enrollment
3.9%No health insurance
29.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Staples Corner
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Staples Corner?
Staples Corner scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Staples Corner compare to North Lakeville overall?
Staples Corner scores 0.2 points higher than North Lakeville overall (6.2/10). Renters spend 74% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,867 vs $1,920.
Q3
What is the average rent in Staples Corner?
Average gross rent in Staples Corner is $1,867/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Staples Corner residents are renters?
32% of Staples Corner households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in North Lakeville). The neighborhood has 4,431 residents.
Q5
Is Staples Corner a high social-vulnerability area?
Staples Corner sits in the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Staples Corner for landlords?
Staples Corner carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to North Lakeville as a whole (6.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Staples Corner?
Staples Corner has 4,553 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (90.8%), Other / Multiracial (3.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
