Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Salem Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25009204400 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,353

Tract 25009204400 sits in Salem eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. Population here is 3,353. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 20% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,806

Renter share44.7%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate12.5%

Median income$84,041

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Salem and the region

Centroid at 42.5252, -70.8129 · click any tract to drill in

Why Salem scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Salem

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

12.5% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,671 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Salem

7.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Salem

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Salem

6.9

How Salem compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

50%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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.

8.0%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
10.2%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
3.4%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
23.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Salem

The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.6/10.

It sits 1.3 points above the Essex County average of 6.0. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Against Essex County at 50.7%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,671 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Salem commands.

That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $84,041. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 25009204400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009204400?

Census tract 25009204400 in Salem scores 7.3/10 (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 25009204400?

Median gross rent is $1,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009204400?

12.5% of residents in tract 25009204400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,353.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009204400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 55th, minority 24th, housing 44th.

What share of households in tract 25009204400 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009204400 compare to Salem overall?

Tract 25009204400 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Salem at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salem eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Salem

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