Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Gloucester Eviction Risk: Elevated

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

25009221902 is a census tract in Gloucester, MA. It scores 6.1/10 for landlords. 41% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

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 6.1

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

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.6/10.

At $1,640 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Gloucester commands. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 79th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 54% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Essex County average of 6.0 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25009221902

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

Census tract 25009221902 in Gloucester scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Gloucester at 6.3/10. 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.