Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Foxborough Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021410400 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,507 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Foxborough
Census tract 25021410400 belongs to Foxborough, Massachusetts. It is home to 6,507 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,760 monthly, set against $106,279 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,688
Renter share35.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$106,279
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Foxborough and the region
Centroid at 42.0874, -71.2520 · click any tract to drill in
Why Foxborough scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Foxborough
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,760 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Foxborough
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Foxborough
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Foxborough
6.1
How Foxborough compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
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
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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Foxborough
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Foxborough, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021410400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021410400?
Census tract 25021410400 in Foxborough scores 2.4/10 (Lower 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 25021410400?
Median gross rent is $1,760/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021410400?
4.7% of residents in tract 25021410400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,507.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021410400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 15th, minority 29th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021410400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021410400 compare to Foxborough overall?
Tract 25021410400 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Foxborough at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Foxborough; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Foxborough
Top eight tracts in Foxborough ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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