Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

Gloucester Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25009221901 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,446

Gloucester is where census tract 25009221901 sits, home to 3,446 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,615 monthly, set against $118,472 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 16% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,506

Renter share29.0%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate3.9%

Median income$118,472

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gloucester and the region

Centroid at 42.6017, -70.7029 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gloucester scores 2.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gloucester

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

3.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,615 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gloucester

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gloucester

7.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gloucester

6.8

How Gloucester compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

20%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
5%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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.

7.0%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
8.9%SNAP enrollment
5.1%Transit barriers
3.1%No health insurance
14.0%Frequent mental distress
26.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gloucester

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 inherited from Gloucester 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 25009221901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009221901?

Census tract 25009221901 in Gloucester scores 2.4/10 (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 25009221901?

Median gross rent is $1,615/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009221901?

3.9% of residents in tract 25009221901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,446.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009221901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 5th, minority 5th, housing 25th.

What share of households in tract 25009221901 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009221901 compare to Gloucester overall?

Tract 25009221901 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Gloucester at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gloucester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gloucester

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