Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Summer Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norwood
Tract 25021415101 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,574 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 25021415101 in the Summer Heights area of Norfolk County, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,574 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,914
Renter share10.7%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$147,163
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwood and the region
Centroid at 42.1735, -71.1596 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summer Heights scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norwood
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,798 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norwood
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norwood
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norwood
5.0
How Summer Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 2.8%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summer Heights
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 6.9% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
Housing insecurity runs 6.6% against 14.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $147,163, annual rent is just 15%.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021415101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021415101?
Census tract 25021415101 in the Summer Heights neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 25021415101?
Median gross rent is $1,798/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021415101?
4.1% of residents in tract 25021415101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,574.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021415101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 74th, minority 42th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 25021415101 considered part of Summer Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021415101 fall within Summer Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021415101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021415101 compare to Norwood overall?
Tract 25021415101 scores 4.5/10, lower than 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.
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