Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Needham Junction Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25021457200 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,119 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 25021457200 covers part of the Needham Junction area of Needham, MA, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,081
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$215,380
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Needham and the region
Centroid at 42.2868, -71.2326 · click any tract to drill in
Why Needham Junction scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Needham
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,352 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Needham
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Needham
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Needham
5.7
How Needham Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 32%Grade B
- 36%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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
Within Needham Junction. 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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.8%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Needham Junction
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.8% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.5% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
It sits 0.8 points below the Norfolk County average of 5.6. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Needham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 16% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10.
Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $215,380, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021457200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021457200?
Census tract 25021457200 in the Needham Junction neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 25021457200?
Median gross rent is $2,352/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021457200?
1.2% of residents in tract 25021457200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,119.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021457200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 43th, minority 41th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 25021457200 considered part of Needham Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021457200 fall within Needham Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021457200 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021457200 compare to Needham overall?
Tract 25021457200 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Needham at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Needham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25021457200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Needham
Top eight tracts in Needham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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