Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021413401 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,393
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 25021413401 (Norwood, Massachusetts) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #29,710 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,707 monthly, set against $96,651 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,573
Renter share44.4%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$96,651
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.1887, -71.2065 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 2.5
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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,707 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 Norwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
What moves this score most 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 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 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 25021413401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413401?
Census tract 25021413401 in Norwood scores 2.5/10 (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 25021413401?
Median gross rent is $1,707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413401?
4.5% of residents in tract 25021413401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 10th, minority 30th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413401 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021413401 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413401 scores 2.5/10, 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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