Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Salem Eviction Risk: Moderate

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

Census tract 25009204400 belongs to Salem in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is home to 3,353 residents and scores 6.8/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.

About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,671 a month while the average household earns $84,041 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

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 4.4

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

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Salem 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% 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 25009204400

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

Census tract 25009204400 in Salem scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Salem at 5.8/10. 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.