Census Tract · Ranked #30,697 of 84,120 nationally

Braintree Town Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25021419200 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,434

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 25021419200 (Braintree Town, Massachusetts) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.

About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,206 a month while the average household earns $123,011 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 10% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,799

Renter share23.8%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate6.6%

Median income$123,011

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Braintree Town and the region

Centroid at 42.2234, -70.9951 · click any tract to drill in

Why Braintree Town scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Braintree Town

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

6.6% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,206 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Braintree Town

5.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Braintree Town

5.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Braintree Town

5.0

How Braintree Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

25%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
49%Grade B
17%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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.

8.8%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
10.7%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Braintree Town

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 5.7/10. 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 Braintree Town 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021419200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021419200?

Census tract 25021419200 in Braintree Town scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25021419200?

Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021419200?

6.6% of residents in tract 25021419200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,434.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021419200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 25th, minority 42th, housing 71th.

What share of households in tract 25021419200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021419200 compare to Braintree Town overall?

Tract 25021419200 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Braintree Town at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Braintree Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25021419200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Braintree Town

Top eight tracts in Braintree Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.