Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Orange Center Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25011040501 · Franklin County, MA · pop 3,969 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 7.7/10, tract 25011040501 in the Orange Center Historic District area of Orange, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,969 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share34.1%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$53,468
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Orange and the region
Centroid at 42.6029, -72.3152 · click any tract to drill in
Why Orange Center Historic District scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Orange
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$983 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Orange
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Orange
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Orange
8.1
How Orange Center Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 344Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2013)
- 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 13 months.
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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.7%Food insecurity
- 26.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Orange Center Historic District
The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Against the Franklin County average of 5.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 26.4% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 344 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 5.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
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 25011040501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011040501?
Census tract 25011040501 in the Orange Center Historic District neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25011040501?
Median gross rent is $983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25011040501?
20.7% of residents in tract 25011040501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,969.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25011040501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 80th, minority 17th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 25011040501 considered part of Orange Center Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25011040501 fall within Orange Center Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011040501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 344 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011040501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.73% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25011040501 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25011040501 compare to Orange overall?
Tract 25011040501 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Orange at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Orange; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Related