Census Tract · Ranked #35,939 of 84,120 nationally

Reading Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017334400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,664

Census tract 25017334400 sits in Reading in Middlesex County, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. That is riskier than about 16% of US census tracts.

About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,691 a month while the average household earns $148,816 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Reading and the region

Centroid at 42.5314, -71.0881 · click any tract to drill in

Why Reading scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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 · 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)

47Total filings over 5 yrs
1.55%Avg annual filing rate
2.7%Peak (2014)
6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

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

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.

7.2%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

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Reading, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25017334400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017334400?

Census tract 25017334400 in Reading scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 25017334400 compare to Reading overall?

Tract 25017334400 scores 5.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Reading at 5/10. 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.