Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25021411301 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021411301 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,847
Census tract 25021411301 sits in Norfolk, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #39,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,675 a month against an average household income of $181,563 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,043
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate0.9%
Median income$181,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk County and the region
Centroid at 42.1741, -71.2534 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25021411301 scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
0.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,675 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25021411301 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25021411301
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, 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 below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th 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 25021411301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021411301?
Census tract 25021411301 in Norfolk County scores 1.5/10 (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 25021411301?
Median gross rent is $1,675/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021411301?
0.9% of residents in tract 25021411301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,847.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021411301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 45th, minority 23th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021411301 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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