Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Cambodia Town Eviction Risk: High , Lowell
Tract 25017311200 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,024 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 25017311200 covers part of the Cambodia Town area of Lowell, MA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,415
Renter share76.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$49,102
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6378, -71.3245 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cambodia Town scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lowell
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,413 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lowell
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lowell
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lowell
6.5
How Cambodia Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 287Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2015)
- 54Filings 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 Cambodia Town. 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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.0%Food insecurity
- 32.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cambodia Town
Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $49,102, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. SNAP participation runs 32.1% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 1.7 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 287 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
At $1,413 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Lowell commands.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017311200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017311200?
Census tract 25017311200 in the Cambodia Town neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 25017311200?
Median gross rent is $1,413/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017311200?
24.1% of residents in tract 25017311200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,024.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017311200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 79th, minority 85th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 25017311200 considered part of Cambodia Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017311200 fall within Cambodia Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017311200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 287 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017311200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.25% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017311200 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017311200 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017311200 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Lowell at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowell eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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