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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Buckingham Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Braintree Town

Tract 25021421200 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,702 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 4.3/10, tract 25021421200 in the Buckingham Place area of Holbrook, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 6% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,159
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$107,902

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Buckingham Place
Very High
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Braintree Town
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#126 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
Very Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#1,340 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Braintree Town and the region

Centroid at 42.1533, -70.9970 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buckingham Place scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Braintree Town
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,553 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Braintree Town
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Braintree Town
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Braintree Town
5.3

How Buckingham Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Buckingham Place risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 4212004.6Braintree Townparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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

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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Buckingham Place. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Buckingham Place

At $1,553 a month, rents run 42% over what the rest of Holbrook commands. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10.

It sits 1.3 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6. Cost burden runs 55% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10.

On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $107,902, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler.

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 25021421200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021421200?

Census tract 25021421200 in the Buckingham Place neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 25021421200?

Median gross rent is $1,553/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021421200?

5.5% of residents in tract 25021421200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021421200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 57th, minority 42th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 25021421200 considered part of Buckingham Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021421200 fall within Buckingham Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25021421200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25021421200 compare to Braintree Town overall?

Tract 25021421200 scores 4.3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Braintree Town

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

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