Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,273 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25021413500 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,715
Census tract 25021413500 runs through Norwood in Norfolk County. With 4,715 residents, it scores 6.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,210 monthly, set against $71,715 in average yearly household income, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,018
Renter share68.1%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$71,715
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.1688, -71.2003 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 6.4
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
15.8% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$2,210 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
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 above 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.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 66th 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 14.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021413500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021413500?
Census tract 25021413500 in Norwood scores 6.4/10 (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 25021413500?
Median gross rent is $2,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021413500?
15.8% of residents in tract 25021413500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,715.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021413500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 83th, minority 62th, housing 53th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021413500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021413500 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021413500 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Norwood at 5.5/10. 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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