Census Tract · Ranked #45,599 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017332100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,042

Eviction risk in Burlington in Middlesex County centers on tract 25017332100, which scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 6,042 residents. It lands near the 32nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $186,118 a year. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 3% Owners 96%

Tract context

Occupied units1,890

Renter share4.1%

SVI overall0.06

Poverty rate1.6%

Median income$186,118

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

Centroid at 42.5259, -71.2004 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Burlington

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

1.6% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Burlington

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Burlington

5.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Burlington

4.7

How Burlington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

3%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
8%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)

13Total filings over 5 yrs
2.46%Avg annual filing rate
4.7%Peak (2015)
1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 67% 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

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.

6.5%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
6.7%Food insecurity
6.9%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
2.9%No health insurance
13.3%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burlington

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Burlington, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25017332100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332100?

Census tract 25017332100 in Burlington scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017332100?

1.6% of residents in tract 25017332100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,042.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017332100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 40th, minority 33th, housing 8th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017332100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017332100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.46% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017332100 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017332100 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 25017332100 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Burlington at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burlington

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