Census Tract · Ranked #20,273 of 84,120 nationally

Pinehurst Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25017316201 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,491 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Pinehurst

Census tract 25017316201 runs through Pinehurst in Middlesex County. With 4,491 residents, it scores 3.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 10% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $153,333 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 1% Owners 99%

Tract context

Occupied units1,528

Renter share1.1%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate2.4%

Median income$153,333

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pinehurst and the region

Centroid at 42.5430, -71.2355 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pinehurst scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pinehurst

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

2.4% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pinehurst

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pinehurst

1.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pinehurst

5.1

How Pinehurst compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

5%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
13%Racial/ethnic minority
22%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)

19Total filings over 5 yrs
9.96%Avg annual filing rate
14.3%Peak (2013)
5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings climbed 150% 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

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.

7.9%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
8.0%Food insecurity
8.9%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
3.3%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
25.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pinehurst

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.4/10. 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 Pinehurst, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017316201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017316201?

Census tract 25017316201 in Pinehurst scores 6.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25017316201?

2.4% of residents in tract 25017316201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,491.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017316201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 36th, minority 13th, housing 22th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017316201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017316201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.96% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017316201 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017316201 compare to Pinehurst overall?

Tract 25017316201 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Pinehurst at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pinehurst; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pinehurst

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