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City Hall Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lowell

Tract 25017310500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,755 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 25017310500 sits in City Hall Historic District in Lowell eviction risk, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,619 monthly, set against $75,410 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 31% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,420

Renter share65.1%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate20.0%

Median income$75,410

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lowell and the region

Centroid at 42.6562, -71.3261 · click any tract to drill in

Why City Hall Historic District scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

20.0% poverty · this tract

5.0

Supply constraint

$1,619 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 City Hall Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

81%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
70%Housing & transportation

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)

91Total filings over 5 yrs
2.71%Avg annual filing rate
3.8%Peak (2013)
18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

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

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 City Hall 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.

16.7%Housing insecurity
10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
23.3%SNAP enrollment
12.8%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
30.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in City Hall Historic District

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 Lowell 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 below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017310500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017310500?

Census tract 25017310500 in the City Hall Historic District neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 25017310500?

Median gross rent is $1,619/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017310500?

20.0% of residents in tract 25017310500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,755.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017310500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 6th, minority 65th, housing 70th.

Is tract 25017310500 considered part of City Hall Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017310500 fall within City Hall Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017310500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017310500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.71% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017310500 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017310500 compare to Lowell overall?

Tract 25017310500 scores 7/10, right in line with the parent city of Lowell at 6.8/10. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lowell

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