Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Franklin Town Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25021442105 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 2,109
25021442105 is a census tract in Franklin Town, MA. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,109 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units911
Renter share31.5%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$119,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Franklin Town and the region
Centroid at 42.0823, -71.4356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Franklin Town scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,485 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Franklin Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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
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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 10.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Franklin Town
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $2,485, 31% above the Franklin Town average. It sits 1.3 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
51% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021442105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021442105?
Census tract 25021442105 in Franklin Town 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 25021442105?
Median gross rent is $2,485/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021442105?
3.9% of residents in tract 25021442105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,109.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021442105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 16th, minority 36th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021442105 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021442105 compare to Franklin Town overall?
Tract 25021442105 scores 4.3/10, 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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Franklin Town
4.6 / 10
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Norfolk County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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Buckingham Place
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Franklin Industrial Park
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4.2 / 10
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