Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Federal Street District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Peabody

Tract 25009204702 · Essex County, MA · pop 6,410 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 6.8/10, tract 25009204702 in the Federal Street District area of Salem, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 13% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units2,464

Renter share38.1%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate10.2%

Median income$98,299

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peabody and the region

Centroid at 42.5107, -70.9207 · click any tract to drill in

Why Federal Street District scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Peabody

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.5

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

10.2% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$2,201 rent vs county FMR

6.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Peabody

7.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Peabody

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Peabody

6.9

How Federal Street District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

46%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Federal Street District. 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.

12.7%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
14.9%Food insecurity
16.5%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Federal Street District

Against Essex County at 50.7%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.6/10.

At $2,201 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Salem commands. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Against the Essex County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

The voucher gap is 12.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $98,299.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25009204702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009204702?

Census tract 25009204702 in the Federal Street District neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 25009204702?

Median gross rent is $2,201/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009204702?

10.2% of residents in tract 25009204702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,410.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009204702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 63th, minority 48th, housing 43th.

Is tract 25009204702 considered part of Federal Street District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25009204702 fall within Federal Street District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25009204702 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.7% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009204702 compare to Peabody overall?

Tract 25009204702 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Peabody at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Peabody eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Peabody

Top eight tracts in Peabody ranked by composite eviction-risk score.