Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeview Eviction Risk: Elevated , Waltham
Tract 25017368101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,584 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
25017368101 is a census tract in the Lakeview area of Waltham, MA. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,584 residents. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,411
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$130,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waltham and the region
Centroid at 42.4097, -71.2452 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeview scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waltham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$3,039 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waltham
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waltham
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waltham
4.9
How Lakeview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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
- 22%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)
- 79Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2013)
- 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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 Lakeview. 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeview
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Average gross rent is $3,039, 34% above the Waltham average. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. Cost burden runs about half here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Court records carry 79 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 2.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Waltham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017368101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017368101?
Census tract 25017368101 in the Lakeview neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 25017368101?
Median gross rent is $3,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017368101?
7.3% of residents in tract 25017368101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017368101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 56th, minority 51th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 25017368101 considered part of Lakeview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017368101 fall within Lakeview (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017368101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 25017368101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.71% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017368101 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017368101 compare to Waltham overall?
Tract 25017368101 scores 6/10, lower than the parent city of Waltham at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waltham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 25017368101 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 Waltham
Top eight tracts in Waltham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.9
/ 10 · High
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7.9
/ 10 · High
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Pigeon Hill
7.9
/ 10 · High
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South Side
7.6
/ 10 · High
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Banks Square
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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The Island
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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The Bleachery
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Prospectville
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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