Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Billerica Town Common Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017316300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 8,849 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 25017316300 in the Billerica Town Common Historic District area of Middlesex County, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,849. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units3,685
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$116,659
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.5383, -71.2763 · click any tract to drill in
Why Billerica Town Common Historic District scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,236 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Billerica Town Common Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 233Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2012)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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
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 Billerica Town Common Historic District. 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Billerica Town Common Historic District
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.8/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 233 filings here across 5 tracked years. Cost burden runs 47% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 4.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017316300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017316300?
Census tract 25017316300 in the Billerica Town Common Historic District neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 25017316300?
Median gross rent is $2,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017316300?
7.3% of residents in tract 25017316300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,849.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017316300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 22th, minority 49th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 25017316300 considered part of Billerica Town Common Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017316300 fall within Billerica Town Common Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017316300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 233 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017316300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.47% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017316300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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