Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Center Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25005611102 · Bristol County, MA · pop 5,070 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Norton Center
Tract 25005611102 sits in Norton Center, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. Population here is 5,070. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.9/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,232
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$121,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Center and the region
Centroid at 41.9560, -71.1787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Center scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norton Center
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norton Center
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norton Center
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norton Center
4.5
How Norton Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2016)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norton Center
The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. At $1,154 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Norton Center commands.
It sits 1.1 points below the Bristol County average of 6.0. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Bristol County average of 45.9%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10.
Court records carry 8 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005611102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005611102?
Census tract 25005611102 in Norton Center scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 25005611102?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005611102?
7.5% of residents in tract 25005611102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,070.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005611102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 9th, minority 34th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005611102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005611102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005611102 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005611102 compare to Norton Center overall?
Tract 25005611102 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Norton Center at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norton Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norton Center
Top eight tracts in Norton Center ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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