Neighborhood · Ranked #22,303 of 84,120 nationally

Kimball Towers and Court Eviction Risk: Elevated , Woburn

Tract 25017333200 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,514 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 25017333200 reflects conditions in the Kimball Towers and Court area of Woburn, Massachusetts. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,877 a month against an average household income of $93,110 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score

6.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 16% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units2,030

Renter share40.1%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$93,110

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Woburn and the region

Centroid at 42.4804, -71.1677 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kimball Towers and Court scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Woburn

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,877 rent vs county FMR

1.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Woburn

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Woburn

8.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Woburn

5.9

How Kimball Towers and Court compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

19%Socioeconomic
20%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

52Total filings over 5 yrs
1.62%Avg annual filing rate
2.2%Peak (2013)
9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings climbed 29% 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

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 Kimball Towers and Court. 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.

9.4%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
9.6%Food insecurity
11.3%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
26.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kimball Towers and Court

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Woburn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017333200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017333200?

Census tract 25017333200 in the Kimball Towers and Court neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017333200?

Median gross rent is $1,877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017333200?

8.4% of residents in tract 25017333200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,514.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017333200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 20th, minority 33th, housing 63th.

Is tract 25017333200 considered part of Kimball Towers and Court?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017333200 fall within Kimball Towers and Court (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017333200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017333200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017333200 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017333200 compare to Woburn overall?

Tract 25017333200 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Woburn at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Woburn

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