Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
South Acton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Maynard
Tract 25017364101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,177 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Census tract 25017364101 covers part of the South Acton area of Maynard, MA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,543
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$123,134
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maynard and the region
Centroid at 42.4375, -71.4622 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Acton scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Maynard
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,262 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maynard
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maynard
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maynard
5.2
How South Acton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 57Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2016)
- 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 267% 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.
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Acton
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,262 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Maynard commands.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 57 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.1% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017364101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017364101?
Census tract 25017364101 in the South Acton neighborhood 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 25017364101?
Median gross rent is $1,262/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017364101?
10.5% of residents in tract 25017364101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,177.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017364101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 71th, minority 26th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 25017364101 considered part of South Acton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017364101 fall within South Acton (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017364101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017364101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.83% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017364101 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017364101 compare to Maynard overall?
Tract 25017364101 scores 5.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Maynard at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maynard; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Maynard
Top eight tracts in Maynard ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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