Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Walpole Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021411102 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,599 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Walpole
Tract 25021411102 sits in Walpole, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 4,599 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$178,462
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walpole and the region
Centroid at 42.1339, -71.2403 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walpole scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Walpole
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Walpole
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Walpole
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Walpole
4.6
How Walpole compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.8%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walpole
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points.
Food insecurity runs 5.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 5.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% 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 1.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.4 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021411102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021411102?
Census tract 25021411102 in Walpole scores 3.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25021411102?
1.9% of residents in tract 25021411102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,599.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021411102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 17th, minority 10th, housing 5th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 25021411102 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 25021411102 compare to Walpole overall?
Tract 25021411102 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Walpole at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Walpole; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Walpole
Top eight tracts in Walpole ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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