Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Woburn Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017333502 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,423
Tract 25017333502 sits in Woburn eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. Population here is 3,423. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,358
Renter share56.8%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$112,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woburn and the region
Centroid at 42.4850, -71.1461 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woburn scores 7.2
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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$2,004 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Woburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 82Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2013)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woburn
The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
Court records carry 82 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Average gross rent is $2,004, 10% below the Woburn average.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 3.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $112,917.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017333502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017333502?
Census tract 25017333502 in Woburn scores 7.2/10 (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 25017333502?
Median gross rent is $2,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017333502?
13.3% of residents in tract 25017333502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,423.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017333502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 21th, minority 55th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017333502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017333502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.47% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017333502 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017333502 compare to Woburn overall?
Tract 25017333502 scores 7.2/10, 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.
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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