Wedgemere Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
5 census tracts · pop 23,639 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10
· range 3.4–7.7
Wedgemere Historic District takes in 5 census tracts of Winchester, MA and houses 23,639 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.3/10, Moderate tier. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.4 to 7.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,656, 27% below the Winchester average of $2,279. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 29% of renter households.
The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 178 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 7.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 7.3% of adults, 10.5 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 3.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.6% in 2016, is well off that peak.
At 22% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Against average income of $199,801, annual rent is only 10%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 4.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Wedgemere Historic District vs WinchesterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority38%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wedgemere Historic District
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
178Total filings (sum)
1.74%Avg annual filing rate
3.8%Peak year (2015)
1.69%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wedgemere Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.8%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility shutoff threat
7.0%Food insecurity
7.6%SNAP enrollment
2.8%No health insurance
22.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wedgemere Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wedgemere Historic District?
Wedgemere Historic District scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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 Wedgemere Historic District compare to Winchester overall?
Wedgemere Historic District scores 0.1 points lower than Winchester overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 29% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $1,656 vs $2,279.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wedgemere Historic District?
Average gross rent in Wedgemere Historic District is $1,656/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wedgemere Historic District residents are renters?
22% of Wedgemere Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 18% in Winchester). The neighborhood has 23,639 residents.
Q5
Is Wedgemere Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Wedgemere Historic District sits in the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wedgemere Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wedgemere Historic District is census tract 25017333300 (score 7.7/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 7.7, a spread of 4.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Wedgemere Historic District for landlords?
Wedgemere Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Winchester as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wedgemere Historic District?
Wedgemere Historic District has 23,766 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.6%), Other / Multiracial (7.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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