Within county
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25011040502 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25011040502 · Franklin County, MA · pop 3,615
For landlords sizing up Franklin, census tract 25011040502 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It lands near the 29th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $569 a month while the average household earns $56,384 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,459
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate21.9%
Median income$56,384
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Franklin County and the region
Centroid at 42.6449, -72.2600 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25011040502 scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
21.9% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$569 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25011040502 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 249Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2015)
- 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 160% over the past 13 months.
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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 24.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25011040502
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Franklin County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 249 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25011040502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011040502?
Census tract 25011040502 in Franklin County scores 5.5/10 (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 25011040502?
Median gross rent is $569/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25011040502?
21.9% of residents in tract 25011040502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,615.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25011040502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 92th, minority 13th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011040502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 249 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011040502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.60% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25011040502 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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