Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Federal Street District Eviction Risk: Lower , Peabody

Tract 25009210800 · Essex County, MA · pop 4,261 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

In the Federal Street District area of Peabody, census tract 25009210800 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 89% of US census tracts.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,281 monthly, set against $68,952 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 24% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units2,161

Renter share55.5%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate10.2%

Median income$68,952

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peabody and the region

Centroid at 42.5281, -70.9248 · click any tract to drill in

Why Federal Street District scores 3.1

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

$1,281 rent vs county FMR

1.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Peabody

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Peabody

7.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Peabody

6.1

How Federal Street District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

59%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
58%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.

14.7%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.3%Food insecurity
19.1%SNAP enrollment
9.9%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Federal Street District

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Peabody 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 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.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 25009210800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009210800?

Census tract 25009210800 in the Federal Street District neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25009210800?

Median gross rent is $1,281/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009210800?

10.2% of residents in tract 25009210800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,261.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009210800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 86th, minority 61th, housing 58th.

Is tract 25009210800 considered part of Federal Street District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25009210800 fall within Federal Street District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25009210800 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.7% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25009210800 compare to Peabody overall?

Tract 25009210800 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Peabody at 5.8/10. 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.