Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.5%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
6.6%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lowell
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.6 points below the Benton County average of 3.6.
Average gross rent is $1,028, 10% below the Lowell average. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $100,239, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
33% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 05007021315
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05007021315?
Census tract 05007021315 in Lowell scores 3/10 (Lower 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 05007021315?
Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 05007021315?
5.1% of residents in tract 05007021315 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,354.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 05007021315?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 49th, minority 53th, housing 29th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 05007021315 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 05007021315 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 05007021315 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lowell at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowell eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lowell
Top eight tracts in Lowell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.