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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Greenfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25011041000 · Franklin County, MA · pop 3,223

Tract 25011041000 sits in Greenfield, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. Population here is 3,223. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 12% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,413
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$67,639

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Greenfield
Moderate
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 19 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#554 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenfield and the region

Centroid at 42.6203, -72.6132 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenfield scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$723 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
7.7

How Greenfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greenfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.0This tracttract 0410006.4Greenfieldparent city5.9Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 285Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 7.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.6%Peak (2013)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25011041000
Filings climbed 32% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenfield

The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.7/10. Average gross rent is $723, 35% below the Greenfield average.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Franklin County average of 5.9.

Court records carry 285 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $67,639, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25011041000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25011041000?

Census tract 25011041000 in Greenfield scores 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 25011041000?

Median gross rent is $723/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25011041000?

16.6% of residents in tract 25011041000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,223.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25011041000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 98th, minority 27th, housing 54th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25011041000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 285 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 25011041000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.01% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25011041000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25011041000 compare to Greenfield overall?

Tract 25011041000 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Greenfield at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Greenfield

Top eight tracts in Greenfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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