Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25021413402 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,805
With a score of 6.7/10, tract 25021413402 in Norwood, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,805. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,984
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$108,258
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.1784, -71.2202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 6.7
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,234 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Norfolk County average of 48.1%. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,234, close to the Norwood average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $108,258.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021413402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413402?
Census tract 25021413402 in Norwood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 25021413402?
Median gross rent is $2,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413402?
7.1% of residents in tract 25021413402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 13th, minority 61th, housing 83th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413402 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021413402 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413402 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Norwood at 6.5/10. 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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