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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

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

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 25017332401 in Burlington, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 45%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.3
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.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Burlington
Moderate
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Low
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#991 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

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

Why Burlington scores 5.3

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.
Burlington risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 3324015.9Burlingtonparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

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

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
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burlington

Cost burden runs 63% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.

At $2,167 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Burlington commands. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $146,146, annual rent is just 18%.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017332401

Q1

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

Census tract 25017332401 in Burlington scores 5.3/10 (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 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.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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.
Q6

How does tract 25017332401 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 25017332401 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Burlington at 5.9/10. 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.

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