Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Burlington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017332402 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,941
Tract 25017332402 sits in Burlington, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It is home to 1,941 residents. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
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
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Burlington and the region
Centroid at 42.4777, -71.1952 · click any tract to drill in
Why Burlington scores 5.6
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
This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Middlesex County average of 43.0%. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2/10.
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $3,164, 16% above the Burlington average.
Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.5% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $127,750.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017332402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332402?
Census tract 25017332402 in Burlington scores 5.6/10 (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 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 5.6/10, 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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