Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Burlington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017332402 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,941
Census tract 25017332402 sits in Burlington, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,164 a month while the average household earns $127,750 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 73% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units988
Renter share73.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$127,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Burlington and the region
Centroid at 42.4777, -71.1952 · click any tract to drill in
Why Burlington scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$3,164 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 3.5%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Burlington
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Burlington, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017332402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332402?
Census tract 25017332402 in Burlington scores 1.6/10 (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 25017332402?
Median gross rent is $3,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017332402?
8.0% of residents in tract 25017332402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,941.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017332402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 52th, minority 46th, housing 93th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25017332402 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25017332402 compare to Burlington overall?
Tract 25017332402 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Burlington at 5.8/10. 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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