Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,613 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Street Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wellesley
Tract 25021404201 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,783 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Linden Street neighborhood of Wellesley, census tract 25021404201 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,501 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,235
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wellesley and the region
Centroid at 42.3190, -71.2832 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden Street scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wellesley
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wellesley
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wellesley
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wellesley
3.1
How Linden Street compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
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 Linden Street. 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.
- 4.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.3%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 2.0%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden Street
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wellesley eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th 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 4.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% 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 25021404201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021404201?
Census tract 25021404201 in the Linden Street neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25021404201?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021404201?
1.8% of residents in tract 25021404201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021404201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 46th, minority 28th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 25021404201 considered part of Linden Street?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021404201 fall within Linden Street (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021404201 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.3% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021404201 compare to Wellesley overall?
Tract 25021404201 scores 5.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Wellesley at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellesley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wellesley
Top eight tracts in Wellesley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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