Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Wakefield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017335400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,350
In Wakefield, census tract 25017335400 scores 5.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
66% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,163 monthly, set against $156,420 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,945
Renter share13.5%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$156,420
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wakefield and the region
Centroid at 42.4822, -71.0621 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wakefield scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wakefield
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,163 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wakefield
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wakefield
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wakefield
4.1
How Wakefield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 18Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2013)
- 3Filings 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
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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wakefield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Wakefield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017335400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017335400?
Census tract 25017335400 in Wakefield scores 1.1/10 (Lower 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 25017335400?
Median gross rent is $2,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017335400?
1.7% of residents in tract 25017335400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,350.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017335400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 25th, minority 26th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017335400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017335400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.51% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017335400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017335400 compare to Wakefield overall?
Tract 25017335400 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Wakefield at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wakefield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25017335400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wakefield
Top eight tracts in Wakefield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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