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Neighborhood · Stoneham, MA

Nobility Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 15,694 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10 · range 3.7–6.9

Nobility Hill Historic District is a 3-tract neighborhood of Stoneham, MA and houses 15,694 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, Moderate tier. Against a Stoneham baseline of 27.4%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Scores across the 3 constituent tracts range from 3.7 to 6.9. A 3.2-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Filings are well documented here: 206 across 3 observed tracts. 3.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Average gross rent is $2,300, 13% above the Stoneham average of $2,035.

Food insecurity affects 8.7% of adults, 9.1 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 5.8% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 1.8% in 2016, is well off that peak. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $127,568.

35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Nobility Hill Historic District vs Stoneham How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.9% +57%
Stoneham: 27.4%
Average gross rent
$2,300 +13%
Stoneham: $2,035
Average HH income
$127,568 +13%
Stoneham: $112,635
Poverty rate
6.5% +43%
Stoneham: 4.6%
Renter share
34.5% +19%
Stoneham: 29.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Nobility Hill Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3.7–6.9

Why Nobility Hill Historic District scores 5.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts
8.3
Rent control risk
43% of income on rent · Range 3.4–7.4 across tracts
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–6.2 across tracts
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
35% renter households · Range 4.0–8.4 across tracts
6.7
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.1–5.9 across tracts
4.7
Economic stress
6.5% below poverty line · Range 1.2–2.2 across tracts
1.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.3–3.8 across tracts
3.1
Risk score comparison

Nobility Hill Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Nobility Hill Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.8Nobility Hill HistNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Nobility Hill Historic District?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 3.2 points from 3.7 to 6.9. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Nobility Hill Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
25017333400 6.9 6,444 60% $2,502
25017337300 5.8 6,061 26% $2,070
25017338100 3.7 3,189 42% $2,331
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 19

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 17%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 24%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Nobility Hill Historic District

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 206Total filings (sum)
  • 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.8%Peak year (2014)
  • 1.65%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Nobility Hill Historic District

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Nobility Hill Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Nobility Hill Historic District?

Nobility Hill Historic District scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Nobility Hill Historic District compare to Stoneham overall?

Nobility Hill Historic District scores 0.1 points lower than Stoneham overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,300 vs $2,035.
Q3

What is the average rent in Nobility Hill Historic District?

Average gross rent in Nobility Hill Historic District is $2,300/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Nobility Hill Historic District residents are renters?

35% of Nobility Hill Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Stoneham). The neighborhood has 15,694 residents.
Q5

Is Nobility Hill Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Nobility Hill Historic District sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Nobility Hill Historic District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Nobility Hill Historic District is census tract 25017333400 (score 6.9/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 6.9, a spread of 3.2 points.
Q7

How safe is Nobility Hill Historic District for landlords?

Nobility Hill Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Stoneham as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Nobility Hill Historic District?

Nobility Hill Historic District has 15,989 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.6%), Hispanic / Latino (6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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