Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Reading Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017334400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,664
25017334400 is a census tract in Reading, MA. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,664. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.9 points.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,580
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$148,816
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Reading and the region
Centroid at 42.5314, -71.0881 · click any tract to drill in
Why Reading scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Reading
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,691 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reading
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reading
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reading
3.1
How Reading compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 47Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2014)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Reading
28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Middlesex County average of 43.0%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 47 evictions over 5 years of observation.
At $1,691 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Reading commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% against 11.3% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when 2.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10. Against average income of $148,816, annual rent is just 14%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017334400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017334400?
Census tract 25017334400 in Reading scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 25017334400?
Median gross rent is $1,691/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017334400?
3.4% of residents in tract 25017334400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,664.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017334400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 62th, minority 37th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017334400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017334400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.55% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017334400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017334400 compare to Reading overall?
Tract 25017334400 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Reading at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reading; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Reading
Top eight tracts in Reading ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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