Census Tract · Ranked #37,394 of 84,120 nationally

Medfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25021406102 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,885 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Medfield

Medfield in Norfolk County anchors census tract 25021406102, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.

About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,950 a month while the average household earns $242,083 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 2% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units2,304

Renter share6.2%

SVI overall0.02

Poverty rate1.8%

Median income$242,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Medfield and the region

Centroid at 42.1698, -71.3000 · click any tract to drill in

Why Medfield scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Medfield

7.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

1.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,950 rent vs county FMR

1.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Medfield

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Medfield

4.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Medfield

5.5

How Medfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

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

11%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
31%Racial/ethnic minority
4%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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

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.

5.4%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
5.4%Food insecurity
6.0%SNAP enrollment
4.2%Transit barriers
2.3%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
20.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Medfield

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 inherited from Medfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021406102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021406102?

Census tract 25021406102 in Medfield scores 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.

What is the average rent in tract 25021406102?

Median gross rent is $1,950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021406102?

1.8% of residents in tract 25021406102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,885.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021406102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 4th, minority 31th, housing 4th.

What share of households in tract 25021406102 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021406102 compare to Medfield overall?

Tract 25021406102 scores 5/10, right in line with the parent city of Medfield at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Medfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Medfield

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