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Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Acorn Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Franklin Town

Tract 25021442101 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,522 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 25021442101 covers part of the Acorn Terrace area of Franklin Town, MA, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,522. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 13% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,877
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$140,477

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Acorn Terrace
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Franklin Town
Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#129 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
Very Low
Within state
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#1,404 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Franklin Town and the region

Centroid at 42.0946, -71.3886 · click any tract to drill in

Why Acorn Terrace scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Franklin Town
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,700 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.0

How Acorn Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Acorn Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 4421014.6Franklin Townparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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 Acorn Terrace. 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 Acorn Terrace

Against Norfolk County at 48.1%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.1% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10.

At $1,700 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Franklin Town commands. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $140,477, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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 25021442101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021442101?

Census tract 25021442101 in the Acorn Terrace neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 25021442101?

Median gross rent is $1,700/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021442101?

5.8% of residents in tract 25021442101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,522.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021442101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 5th, minority 24th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 25021442101 considered part of Acorn Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021442101 fall within Acorn Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25021442101 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.3% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25021442101 compare to Franklin Town overall?

Tract 25021442101 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Franklin Town at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Franklin 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 Franklin Town

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

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