Census Tract · Ranked #34,613 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017332401 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,426

How risky is Burlington in Middlesex County for landlords? Census tract 25017332401 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,167 a month while the average household earns $146,146 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 3% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units867

Renter share7.4%

SVI overall0.19

Poverty rate6.1%

Median income$146,146

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

Centroid at 42.4909, -71.2080 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington scores 5.2

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

6.1% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$2,167 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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: 19

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

16%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
33%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.

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.

7.2%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
8.2%Food insecurity
8.9%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
3.6%No health insurance
13.5%Frequent mental distress
28.0%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 about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below 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 19th 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 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% 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 25017332401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332401?

Census tract 25017332401 in Burlington scores 5.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 25017332401?

Median gross rent is $2,167/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017332401?

6.1% of residents in tract 25017332401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,426.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017332401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 19th, minority 48th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 25017332401 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017332401 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 25017332401 scores 5.2/10, right in line with 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.