Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #28,080 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017336100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,289
Census tract 25017336100 sits in Melrose eviction risk in Middlesex County, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,696 a month against an average household income of $111,439 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,572
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$111,439
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melrose and the region
Centroid at 42.4656, -71.0709 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Melrose
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,696 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melrose
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melrose
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melrose
4.3
How Melrose compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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
- 42%Grade B
- 55%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)
- 40Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2012)
- 9Filings 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
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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.0%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Melrose eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 40 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 1.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.2% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017336100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017336100?
Census tract 25017336100 in Melrose scores 5.7/10 (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 25017336100?
Median gross rent is $1,696/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017336100?
4.3% of residents in tract 25017336100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,289.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017336100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 40th, minority 38th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017336100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017336100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.08% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017336100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017336100 compare to Melrose overall?
Tract 25017336100 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Melrose at 5.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melrose eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25017336100 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 Melrose
Top eight tracts in Melrose ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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