Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Saugus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25009208302 · Essex County, MA · pop 5,283
Eviction risk in Saugus eviction risk centers on tract 25009208302, which scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,283 residents. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
25% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,941 a month while the average household earns $101,261 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,786
Renter share20.2%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$101,261
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saugus and the region
Centroid at 42.4850, -71.0041 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saugus scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saugus
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,941 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saugus
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saugus
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saugus
5.3
How Saugus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 37%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saugus
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Saugus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Essex County average of 6.5 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 37% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25009208302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009208302?
Census tract 25009208302 in Saugus 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25009208302?
Median gross rent is $1,941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25009208302?
4.3% of residents in tract 25009208302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25009208302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 22th, minority 47th, housing 43th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25009208302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25009208302 compare to Saugus overall?
Tract 25009208302 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Saugus at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saugus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 25009208302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 37% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Saugus
Top eight tracts in Saugus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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