Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Liberty Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Braintree Town
Tract 25021419700 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,476 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 25021419700 in the Liberty Heights area of Braintree Town, MA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,476 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,798
Renter share10.8%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$168,777
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Braintree Town and the region
Centroid at 42.1919, -71.0017 · click any tract to drill in
Why Liberty Heights scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,982 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Liberty Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
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
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Liberty Heights
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Norfolk County average of 48.1%.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $168,777, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021419700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021419700?
Census tract 25021419700 in the Liberty Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 25021419700?
Median gross rent is $1,982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021419700?
2.1% of residents in tract 25021419700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,476.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021419700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 37th, minority 50th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 25021419700 considered part of Liberty Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021419700 fall within Liberty Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021419700 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021419700 compare to Braintree Town overall?
Tract 25021419700 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Braintree Town at 4.6/10. 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.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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