Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Summer Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Norwood
Tract 25021413100 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,016 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 25021413100 covers the Summer Heights neighborhood of Norwood in Massachusetts. Home to 6,016 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,657 monthly, set against $94,410 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,457
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$94,410
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.1881, -71.1695 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summer Heights scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norwood
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,657 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norwood
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norwood
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norwood
5.6
How Summer Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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
Within Summer Heights. 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summer Heights
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 Norwood eviction risk, 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% 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 25021413100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413100?
Census tract 25021413100 in the Summer Heights neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (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 25021413100?
Median gross rent is $1,657/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413100?
6.4% of residents in tract 25021413100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,016.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 69th, minority 39th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 25021413100 considered part of Summer Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021413100 fall within Summer Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021413100 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021413100 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413100 scores 2.7/10, lower than the parent city of Norwood at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norwood
Top eight tracts in Norwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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