Neighborhood · Ranked #31,898 of 84,120 nationally

Kimball Towers and Court Eviction Risk: Moderate , Woburn

Tract 25017332202 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,530 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 25017332202 in the Kimball Towers and Court area of Woburn ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,530 residents. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,728 a month while the average household earns $126,094 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 25% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units2,836

Renter share39.6%

SVI overall0.24

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$126,094

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Woburn and the region

Centroid at 42.5083, -71.1799 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kimball Towers and Court scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Woburn

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$2,728 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Woburn

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Woburn

5.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Woburn

4.7

How Kimball Towers and Court compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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

22%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
52%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kimball Towers and Court. 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
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
9.4%SNAP enrollment
6.1%Transit barriers
3.5%No health insurance
14.3%Frequent mental distress
23.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kimball Towers and Court

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty 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 Woburn 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 Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer 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 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017332202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332202?

Census tract 25017332202 in the Kimball Towers and Court neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 25017332202?

Median gross rent is $2,728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017332202?

8.4% of residents in tract 25017332202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,530.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017332202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 11th, minority 42th, housing 52th.

Is tract 25017332202 considered part of Kimball Towers and Court?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017332202 fall within Kimball Towers and Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25017332202 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017332202 compare to Woburn overall?

Tract 25017332202 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Woburn at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Woburn

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