Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25021456302 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25021456302 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,255
Tract 25021456302 covers Norfolk in Massachusetts. Home to 5,255 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #23,805 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 57% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,224 a month against an average household income of $60,924 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,269
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$60,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk County and the region
Centroid at 42.1365, -71.1216 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25021456302 scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$2,224 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25021456302 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 21.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25021456302
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021456302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021456302?
Census tract 25021456302 in Norfolk County scores 4/10 (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 25021456302?
Median gross rent is $2,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021456302?
18.2% of residents in tract 25021456302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,255.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021456302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 83th, minority 65th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021456302 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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