Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Nahant Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25009201100 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,336

25009201100 is a census tract in Nahant, MA. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,336 residents. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 7% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,604

Renter share15.8%

SVI overall0.13

Poverty rate6.8%

Median income$111,004

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Nahant and the region

Centroid at 42.4282, -70.9261 · click any tract to drill in

Why Nahant scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Nahant

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

6.8% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,790 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Nahant

8.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Nahant

3.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Nahant

6.3

How Nahant compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

16%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
7%Racial/ethnic minority
33%Housing & transportation

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.

6.2%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
7.2%Food insecurity
8.2%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
2.7%No health insurance
12.8%Frequent mental distress
25.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Nahant

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Against Essex County at 50.7%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Essex County average of 6.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,790, close to the Nahant average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $111,004.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25009201100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009201100?

Census tract 25009201100 in Nahant scores 5.4/10 (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 average rent in tract 25009201100?

Median gross rent is $1,790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009201100?

6.8% of residents in tract 25009201100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,336.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009201100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 16th, minority 7th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 25009201100 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009201100 compare to Nahant overall?

Tract 25009201100 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Nahant at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nahant; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.