Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Topsfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25009214100 · Essex County, MA · pop 6,532 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Topsfield
Topsfield anchors census tract 25009214100, which lands at 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #14,423 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,003 a month against an average household income of $176,698 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,245
Renter share9.6%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$176,698
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Topsfield and the region
Centroid at 42.6414, -70.9434 · click any tract to drill in
Why Topsfield scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Topsfield
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Topsfield
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Topsfield
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Topsfield
5.3
How Topsfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 5.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.7%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 2.3%No health insurance
- 12.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Topsfield
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.3/10. 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 Topsfield, 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% 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 25009214100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009214100?
Census tract 25009214100 in Topsfield scores 1.4/10 (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 25009214100?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25009214100?
7.5% of residents in tract 25009214100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25009214100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 75th, minority 25th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25009214100 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.4% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25009214100 compare to Topsfield overall?
Tract 25009214100 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Topsfield at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Topsfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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