1 census tracts · pop 5,918 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 4.4–4.4
Countryside maps to a single census tract in Lexington, MA and houses 5,918 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.4/10, Moderate tier. 65% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Lexington rate of 30.1%.
The severe-burden share is 34%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
Food insecurity affects 5.4% of adults, 12.4 points below the national rate. Court records for this tract carry 4 eviction filings.
2.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 1.2% of renter households.
That places it #4 of 5 neighborhoods in Lexington. Judgments average 0.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Kingston and East Lexington score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $239,375, annual rent is only 14%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Countryside vs LexingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Countryside
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4Total filings (sum)
0.89%Avg annual filing rate
1.2%Peak year (2016)
1.23%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Countryside
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.9%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility shutoff threat
5.4%Food insecurity
4.8%SNAP enrollment
2.1%No health insurance
19.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Countryside
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Countryside?
Countryside scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Countryside compare to Lexington overall?
Countryside scores 0.9 points lower than Lexington overall (5.3/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $2,892 vs $2,891.
Q3
What is the average rent in Countryside?
Average gross rent in Countryside is $2,892/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Countryside residents are renters?
15% of Countryside households are renter-occupied (vs 20% in Lexington). The neighborhood has 5,918 residents.
Q5
Is Countryside a high social-vulnerability area?
Countryside sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Countryside for landlords?
Countryside carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lexington as a whole (5.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Countryside?
Countryside has 5,785 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (35.7%), Other / Multiracial (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
