Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017331300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,329
Census tract 25017331300 covers part of Wilmington, MA, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,329 residents. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,435
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$142,266
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 42.5421, -71.1842 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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
- 4.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2014)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
It sits 2.3 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 7.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017331300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017331300?
Census tract 25017331300 in Wilmington scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 25017331300?
6.6% of residents in tract 25017331300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,329.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017331300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 42th, minority 35th, housing 27th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017331300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017331300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.33% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25017331300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25017331300 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 25017331300 scores 4/10, 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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Middlesex County
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