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Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Wilmington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25017331102 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,005

Census tract 25017331102 covers part of Wilmington, MA, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 50%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 1% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,318
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate0.5%
Median income$179,079

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Wilmington
Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#341 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Very Low
Within state
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#1,504 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Very Low
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmington and the region

Centroid at 42.5539, -71.1482 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilmington scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wilmington
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
0.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,372 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmington
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmington
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmington
4.9

How Wilmington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wilmington risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 3311024.6Wilmingtonparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 39Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.88%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2015)
  • 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017331102
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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilmington

Cost burden runs 80% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.7 points.

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 6.5% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 39 filings here across 5 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.8% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017331102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017331102?

Census tract 25017331102 in Wilmington scores 3.6/10 (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 25017331102?

Median gross rent is $2,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017331102?

0.5% of residents in tract 25017331102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,005.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017331102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 16th, minority 9th, housing 30th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017331102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017331102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.88% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 25017331102 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25017331102 compare to Wilmington overall?

Tract 25017331102 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Wilmington at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington

Top eight tracts in Wilmington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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