Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Center Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25005611202 · Bristol County, MA · pop 5,599 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Norton Center
25005611202 is a census tract in Norton Center, MA. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,599. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,306
Renter share6.0%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$126,556
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Center and the region
Centroid at 41.9776, -71.2224 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Center scores 4.7
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,758 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 7Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2016)
- 7Filings 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norton Center
The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Bristol County at 45.9%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Against the Bristol County average of 6.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. At $1,758 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Norton Center commands.
Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25005611202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25005611202?
Census tract 25005611202 in Norton Center scores 4.7/10 (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 25005611202?
Median gross rent is $1,758/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25005611202?
3.8% of residents in tract 25005611202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25005611202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 36th, minority 12th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25005611202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25005611202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.43% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25005611202 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25005611202 compare to Norton Center overall?
Tract 25005611202 scores 4.7/10, 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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