1 census tracts · pop 7,836 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Cedarwood maps to a single census tract in Waltham, MA and houses 7,836 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Against a Waltham baseline of 27.8%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
The filing record is not thin: 54 evictions logged in this tract. 10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 3.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 1.2% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.1% of adults, 8.7 points below the national rate.
Average gross rent is $2,500, 10% above the Waltham average of $2,268. Recent filings have not receded much: 1.2% in 2016 against a 1.2% peak.
That places it #5 of 8 neighborhoods in Waltham. For a like-for-like read, Prospectville and Lakeview score within a fraction of it. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $123,795.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cedarwood vs WalthamHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority52%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport66%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cedarwood
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
54Total filings (sum)
0.99%Avg annual filing rate
1.2%Peak year (2014)
1.15%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cedarwood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.8%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
3.6%No health insurance
21.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cedarwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cedarwood?
Cedarwood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Cedarwood compare to Waltham overall?
Cedarwood scores 0.5 points lower than Waltham overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $2,500 vs $2,268.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cedarwood?
Average gross rent in Cedarwood is $2,500/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cedarwood residents are renters?
50% of Cedarwood households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Waltham). The neighborhood has 7,836 residents.
Q5
Is Cedarwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Cedarwood sits in the 18th 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
How safe is Cedarwood for landlords?
Cedarwood carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Waltham as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cedarwood?
Cedarwood has 8,161 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (15.4%), Hispanic / Latino (13.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
