Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Nahant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25009201100 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,336
Census tract 25009201100 runs through Nahant. With 3,336 residents, it scores 6.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,790 monthly, set against $111,004 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
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.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nahant and the region
Centroid at 42.4282, -70.9261 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nahant scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Nahant, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Essex County average of 6.5 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25009201100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009201100?
Census tract 25009201100 in Nahant scores 1.8/10 (Lower 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 25009201100?
Median gross rent is $1,790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
How does tract 25009201100 compare to Nahant overall?
Tract 25009201100 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Nahant at 6.1/10. 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.
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