Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Yale Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Wakefield
Tract 25017335301 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,378 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 25017335301 belongs to the Yale Avenue Historic District area of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is home to 4,378 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,574 a month against an average household income of $113,880 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,913
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$113,880
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wakefield and the region
Centroid at 42.4939, -71.0582 · click any tract to drill in
Why Yale Avenue Historic District scores 1.6
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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,574 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Yale Avenue Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 27Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2012)
- 6Filings 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 Yale Avenue 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Yale Avenue Historic District
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 safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.1% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% 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 25017335301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017335301?
Census tract 25017335301 in the Yale Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 25017335301?
Median gross rent is $1,574/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017335301?
4.7% of residents in tract 25017335301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,378.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017335301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 24th, minority 25th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 25017335301 considered part of Yale Avenue Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017335301 fall within Yale Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017335301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017335301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.81% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017335301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017335301 compare to Wakefield overall?
Tract 25017335301 scores 1.6/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wakefield
Top eight tracts in Wakefield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Wakefield
5.7 / 10
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Middlesex County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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Yale Avenue Historic District
1.5 / 10
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Yale Avenue Historic District
1.3 / 10
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Yale Avenue Historic District
1.2 / 10
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