Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Needham Junction Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25021403400 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 7,076 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 25021403400 in the Needham Junction area of Needham, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,076. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,476
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$213,081
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Needham and the region
Centroid at 42.2788, -71.2664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Needham Junction scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Needham
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,721 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Needham
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Needham
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Needham
5.7
How Needham Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 6%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Needham Junction. 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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 2.3%No health insurance
- 12.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Needham Junction
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.
Average gross rent is $1,721, 29% below the Needham average. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Housing insecurity runs 5.0% against 14.2% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 2.3% against 11.3% nationally. Cost burden runs 44% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County.
Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Needham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10. Against average income of $213,081, annual rent is just 10%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021403400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021403400?
Census tract 25021403400 in the Needham Junction neighborhood 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 25021403400?
Median gross rent is $1,721/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021403400?
3.5% of residents in tract 25021403400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,076.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021403400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 64th, minority 26th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 25021403400 considered part of Needham Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021403400 fall within Needham Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021403400 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021403400 compare to Needham overall?
Tract 25021403400 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Needham at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Needham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25021403400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Needham
Top eight tracts in Needham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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