Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Central Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Stoneham
Tract 25017337201 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,194 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 25017337201 sits in the Central Square Historic District area of Stoneham, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. 45% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,433
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$94,276
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stoneham and the region
Centroid at 42.4948, -71.0944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Square Historic District scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stoneham
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,727 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stoneham
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stoneham
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stoneham
4.2
How Central Square Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 73Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2014)
- 18Filings 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
Within Central Square Historic District. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Square Historic District
Cost burden runs 60% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 73 evictions over 5 years of observation. At $1,727 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Stoneham commands.
Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
It tracks the Middlesex County average of 6.3 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017337201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017337201?
Census tract 25017337201 in the Central Square Historic District neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25017337201?
Median gross rent is $1,727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017337201?
9.1% of residents in tract 25017337201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,194.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017337201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 61th, minority 26th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 25017337201 considered part of Central Square Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017337201 fall within Central Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017337201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017337201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.27% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017337201 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017337201 compare to Stoneham overall?
Tract 25017337201 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Stoneham at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stoneham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Stoneham
Top eight tracts in Stoneham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Stoneham
5.9 / 10
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Middlesex County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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Central Square Historic District
5.4 / 10
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Central Square Historic District
5.3 / 10
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Central Square Historic District
5.1 / 10
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