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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017332300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,019

Census tract 25017332300 covers part of Burlington, MA, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,019 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 6% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,538
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$138,770

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Burlington
Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#259 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#1,057 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

Centroid at 42.5085, -71.2159 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Burlington
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,050 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burlington
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burlington
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burlington
4.7

How Burlington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Burlington risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3323005.9Burlingtonparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

Eviction filings

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.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 40Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2012)
  • 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017332300
Filings dropped 43% over the past 5 months.

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
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burlington

The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $2,050, 25% below the Burlington average.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 40 evictions over 5 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.1% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2012 at 2.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017332300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332300?

Census tract 25017332300 in Burlington scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 25017332300?

Median gross rent is $2,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017332300?

5.0% of residents in tract 25017332300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,019.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017332300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 49th, minority 39th, housing 33th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017332300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017332300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25017332300 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25017332300 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 25017332300 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Burlington at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burlington

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

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