Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Kimball Towers and Court Eviction Risk: Elevated , Woburn
Tract 25017333200 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,514 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 25017333200 in the Kimball Towers and Court area of Woburn, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,514 residents. Cost burden runs 60% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$93,110
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woburn and the region
Centroid at 42.4804, -71.1677 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kimball Towers and Court scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woburn
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,877 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woburn
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woburn
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woburn
5.9
How Kimball Towers and Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 52Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2013)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% 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 Kimball Towers and Court. 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kimball Towers and Court
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Average gross rent is $1,877, 15% below the Woburn average. Court records carry 52 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2013 at 2.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $93,110.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017333200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017333200?
Census tract 25017333200 in the Kimball Towers and Court neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 25017333200?
Median gross rent is $1,877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017333200?
8.4% of residents in tract 25017333200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,514.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017333200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 20th, minority 33th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 25017333200 considered part of Kimball Towers and Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017333200 fall within Kimball Towers and Court (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017333200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017333200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017333200 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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 25017333200 compare to Woburn overall?
Tract 25017333200 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Woburn at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woburn
Top eight tracts in Woburn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MA
Wedgemere Historic District
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25017333502
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Kimball Towers and Court
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Nobility Hill Historic District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Kimball Towers and Court
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Shakerhill
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Woburn Street Historic District
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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