Neighborhood · Ranked #14,219 of 84,120 nationally

Prattville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Everett

Tract 25017342101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,144 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

The Prattville neighborhood of Everett is where census tract 25017342101 sits, home to 5,144 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,884 monthly, set against $98,813 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 30% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units1,750

Renter share58.3%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate20.1%

Median income$98,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Everett and the region

Centroid at 42.4110, -71.0396 · click any tract to drill in

Why Prattville scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Everett

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

20.1% poverty · this tract

5.0

Supply constraint

$1,884 rent vs county FMR

1.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Everett

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Everett

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Everett

7.4

How Prattville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

78%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
69%Racial/ethnic minority
78%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
97%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

145Total filings over 5 yrs
3.26%Avg annual filing rate
3.9%Peak (2012)
19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 44% 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

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 Prattville. 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.

20.0%Housing insecurity
12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
23.1%Food insecurity
26.7%SNAP enrollment
13.5%Transit barriers
9.9%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
34.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Prattville

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Everett eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017342101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017342101?

Census tract 25017342101 in the Prattville neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 25017342101?

Median gross rent is $1,884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017342101?

20.1% of residents in tract 25017342101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,144.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017342101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 81th, minority 69th, housing 78th.

Is tract 25017342101 considered part of Prattville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017342101 fall within Prattville (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017342101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017342101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.26% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017342101 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017342101 compare to Everett overall?

Tract 25017342101 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Everett at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Everett eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25017342101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Everett

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