Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Gloucester Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25009221902 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,372

The Elevated-tier score of 6.7/10 for census tract 25009221902 reflects conditions in Gloucester in Essex County, Massachusetts. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,640 monthly, set against $99,813 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 12% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,449

Renter share25.3%

SVI overall0.14

Poverty rate7.1%

Median income$99,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gloucester and the region

Centroid at 42.6328, -70.7140 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gloucester scores 3

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

7.1% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,640 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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: 14

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

20%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
14%Racial/ethnic minority
38%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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
6.0%Transit barriers
3.7%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gloucester

What moves this score most 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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.

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 25009221902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009221902?

Census tract 25009221902 in Gloucester 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.

What is the average rent in tract 25009221902?

Median gross rent is $1,640/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009221902?

7.1% of residents in tract 25009221902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,372.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009221902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 8th, minority 14th, housing 38th.

What share of households in tract 25009221902 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009221902 compare to Gloucester overall?

Tract 25009221902 scores 3/10, 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.