Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Saugus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25009208401 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,200
25009208401 is a census tract in Saugus, MA. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,200 residents. 41% 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
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,198
Renter share24.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$114,706
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saugus and the region
Centroid at 42.4876, -71.0308 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saugus scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saugus
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,284 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saugus
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saugus
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saugus
5.3
How Saugus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saugus
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,284, 47% above the Saugus average.
The voucher gap is 67.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $114,706, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Essex County average of 6.0.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25009208401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009208401?
Census tract 25009208401 in Saugus scores 5.1/10 (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 25009208401?
Median gross rent is $3,284/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25009208401?
4.9% of residents in tract 25009208401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,200.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25009208401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 54th, minority 18th, housing 83th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25009208401 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25009208401 compare to Saugus overall?
Tract 25009208401 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Saugus at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saugus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saugus
Top eight tracts in Saugus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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