Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally

Peabody Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25009210302 · Essex County, MA · pop 4,849

For landlords sizing up Peabody in Essex County, census tract 25009210302 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,234 monthly, set against $113,256 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

1.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 28% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units1,934

Renter share53.7%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate4.6%

Median income$113,256

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peabody and the region

Centroid at 42.5343, -70.9694 · click any tract to drill in

Why Peabody scores 1.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Peabody

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

4.6% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$2,234 rent vs county FMR

6.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Peabody

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Peabody

7.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Peabody

6.1

How Peabody compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

26%Socioeconomic
60%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
93%Housing & transportation

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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
11.1%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
4.5%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
28.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Peabody

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 inherited from Peabody eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Essex County average of 6.5 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 25009210302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009210302?

Census tract 25009210302 in Peabody scores 1.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25009210302?

Median gross rent is $2,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009210302?

4.6% of residents in tract 25009210302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,849.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009210302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 60th, minority 26th, housing 93th.

What share of households in tract 25009210302 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009210302 compare to Peabody overall?

Tract 25009210302 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Peabody at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Peabody eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Peabody

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